{"cve":"CVE-2008-0525","nvd":{"published":"2008-01-31T20:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:49:48.300","status":"Modified","description":"PatchLink Update client for Unix, as used by Novell ZENworks Patch Management Update Agent for Linux/Unix/Mac (LUM) 6.2094 through 6.4102 and other products, allows local users to (1) truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/patchlink.tmp file used by the logtrimmer script, and (2) execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the /tmp/plshutdown file used by the rebootTask script.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/28657","http://secunia.com/advisories/28665","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3599","http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=527","http://support.lumension.com/scripts/rightnow.cfg/php.exe/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=528"],"products":["lumension_security:patchlink_update","novell:zenworks_patch_management_update_agent"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:49:50.107194424+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-0525","score":0.00502,"percentile":0.42992,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}