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CVE-2008-0525

Vendorlumension security, novellProductpatchlink update, zenworks patch management update agentDiscoveredJan 31, 2008UpdatedApr 23, 2026

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 v3.1
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EPSS
0.50%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
Connections
3 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Jan 31, 2008
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 23, 2026