CVE-2008-5256

The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.

Date published : 2008-11-26

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32444

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149