CVE-2008-1078
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.2%
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| rpath:rpath_linux | rpath rpath linux | eq | * |
| gentoo:linux | gentoo linux | eq | * |
References
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158
secunia.com/advisories/29144
secunia.com/advisories/29187
secunia.com/advisories/29694
secunia.com/advisories/33400
wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
Related
6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.2%