CVE-2008-0525

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.6)—
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

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 4.6
Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.50%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 41
Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)

Lumension Security — Patchlink Update Novell — Zenworks Patch Management Update Agent
CWEs

CWE-59
References

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