{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:11",
        "name": "scilab"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.1.2-6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:12",
        "name": "scilab"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.1.2-6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:13",
        "name": "scilab"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.1.2-6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "urgency": "low"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Debian:14",
        "name": "scilab"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.1.2-6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "scilab-bin 4.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/SciLink#####1, (b) /tmp/SciLink#####2, (c) /tmp/SciLink#####3, (d) /tmp/*.#####, (e) /tmp/*.#####.res, (f) /tmp/*.#####.err, and (g) /tmp/*.#####.diff temporary files, related to the (1) scilink, (2) scidoc, and (3) scidem scripts.",
  "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4983",
  "modified": "2026-04-28T19:53:44.252625570Z",
  "published": "2008-11-06T15:55:52.277Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4983"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2008-4983"
  ]
}