{"id":"CVE-2008-5394","details":"/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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:40:25.282191Z","published":"2008-12-09T00:30:00Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://bugs.debian.org/332198"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://bugs.debian.org/505071"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://bugs.debian.org/505271"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://osvdb.org/52200"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}