CVE-2008-1570: Policyd-Weight

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Race condition in the create_lockpath function in policyd-weight 0.1.14 beta-16 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files by creating the LOCKPATH directory, then modifying it after the symbolic link check occurs. NOTE: this is due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1569.

Affected products

• Policyd-Weight Policyd-Weight: version 0.1.14_beta-14 only

Published 2008-03-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.