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cve[email protected]CVE-2008-4085
HistorySep 15, 2008 - 5:12 p.m.

CVE-2008-4085

2008-09-1517:12:51
CWE-59
web.nvd.nist.gov
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cve-2008-4085
plaiter
symlink attack
nvd

4.4 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.

Affected configurations

NVD
Node
stephenjungelsplaitRange1.5.2
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch0.50
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch0.51
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch0.52
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch0.53
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch0.54
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch0.55
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch0.55.1
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch0.55.2
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch0.99
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch1.0
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch1.1
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch1.1.1
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch1.2.1
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch1.3
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch1.4
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch1.4.1
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch1.4.2
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch1.5
OR
stephenjungelsplaitMatch1.5.1

4.4 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%