CVEs-PoC/2008/CVE-2008-4996.md

### [CVE-2008-4996](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4996)
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### Description

init in initramfs-tools 0.92f allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/initramfs.debug temporary file.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that "init is [used in] a single-user context; there's no possibility that this is exploitable.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.