CVE-2008-5149: Aucko LIBNCBI6

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

fwd_check.sh in libncbi6 6.1.20080302 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/##### temporary file.

Affected products

• Aucko LIBNCBI6: version 6.1.20080302 only

Published 2008-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.