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CVE-2008-1614

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2008-04-05	suphp -- multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities

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CVE-2008-1614 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2008-1614
Phase	Assigned(20080402)

Description

suPHP before 0.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a race condition that involves multiple symlink changes to point a file owned by a different user, or (2) a symlink to the directory of a different user, which is used to determine privileges.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[suPHP] 20080330 SECURITY ISSUE: Immediate update advised
MISC	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439687
DEBIAN	DSA-1550
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-2815
FEDORA	FEDORA-2008-2868
BID	28568
SECUNIA	29648
VUPEN	ADV-2008-1073
SECUNIA	29615
SECUNIA	29872
XF	suphp-files-privilege-escalation(41582)