{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:28Z",
  "published": "2008-11-07T19:36:23Z",
  "id": "CVE-2008-4996",
  "details": "init in initramfs-tools 0.92f allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/initramfs.debug temporary file.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that \"init is [used in] a single-user context; there's no possibility that this is exploitable.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/initramfs-tools"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/496386"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "isDisputed": true
  }
}