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CVE-2008-2958

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Published: Jul 1, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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4.4
Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

Description

Race condition in (1) checkinstall 1.6.1 and (2) installwatch allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and have other impacts via symlink and possibly other attacks on temporary working directories.

Affected (1)

Checkinstall
1 product
Checkinstall
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Checkinstall
Version 1.6.1

Related CWEs

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (8)

Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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