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CVE-2008-5394

Description

/bin/login in shadow 4.0.18.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, and probably other Linux distributions, allows local users in the utmp group to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file referenced in a line (aka ut_line) field in a utmp entry.

POC

Reference

- http://bugs.debian.org/505071

- http://bugs.debian.org/505271

- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313

Github

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