{"cve":"CVE-2008-3524","nvd":{"published":"2008-09-29T17:17:29.110","modified":"2026-06-16T22:55:58.857","status":"Modified","description":"rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file or directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/32037","http://secunia.com/advisories/32710","http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0318","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31385","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=458504"],"products":["redhat:fedora","redhat:initscripts"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3524","score":0.00346,"percentile":0.2824,"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."]}