CVE-2007-2056 (GCVE-0-2007-2056)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5

The getlock function in aimage/aimage.cpp in AFFLIB 2.2.8 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary lock files (aka "time-of-check-time-of-use file race"). NOTE: the researcher has retracted the original advisory, stating that "the portion of vulnerable code is not called in any current version of AFFLIB and is therefore not exploitable.

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        "dateUpdated": "2018-10-19T14:57:01.000Z",
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    "datePublished": "2007-04-30T22:00:00.000Z",
    "dateRejected": "2007-05-04T09:00:00.000Z",
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