CVE-2008-4969: Alastair Mckinstry Ltp-Network-Test

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ltp-network-test 20060918 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/vsftpd.conf, (b) /tmp/udp/2/*, (c) /tmp/tcp/2/*, (d) /tmp/udp/3/*, (e) /tmp/tcp/3/*, (f) /tmp/nfs_fsstress.udp.2.log, (g) /tmp/nfs_fsstress.udp.3.log, (h) /tmp/nfs_fsstress.tcp.2.log, (i) /tmp/nfs_fsstress.tcp.3.log, and (j) /tmp/nfs_fsstress.sardata temporary files, related to the (1) ftp_setup_vsftp_conf and (2) nfs_fsstress.sh scripts.

Affected products

• Alastair Mckinstry Ltp-Network-Test: version 20060918 only

Published 2008-11-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.