CVEs-PoC/2008/CVE-2008-4997.md

### [CVE-2008-4997](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4997)
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### Description

** DISPUTED **  dfxml-invoice in datafreedom-perl 0.1.7 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/zenity temporary file.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that the vector is solely "an EXAMPLE used in the manpage."

### POC

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

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds