CVE-2008-3699

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3699
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-08-14 23:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function in magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp in Amarok before 1.4.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the album_info.xml temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Amarok Amarok 1.4.9.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Amarok 1.4.10 released | Amarok af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 amarok.kde.org
Fedora update for amarok - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Amarok 'MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete()' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Amarok "MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete()" Insecure Temporary Files - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Slackware update for amarok - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: amarok-1.4.10-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:172 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: amarok-1.4.10-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-657-1: Amarok vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Amarok: Insecure temporary file creation — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
#494765 - amarok: Possible insecure temporary file creation? - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
[KDE] Revision 846626 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websvn.kde.org
Ubuntu update for amarok - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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