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

CVE-2008-4996

Description

** DISPUTED ** 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

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