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Moodle Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-5153 - Vulnerability Database
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Moodle Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following) Vulnerability - CVE-2008-5153

Medium
Reference: CVE-2008-5153
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5153
Title: Moodle Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following) Vulnerability
Overview:

spell-check-logic.cgi in Moodle 1.8.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/spell-check-debug.log (2) /tmp/spell-check-before or (3) /tmp/spell-check-after temporary file.