CVE-2008-4085
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
6.3 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
References
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
secunia.com/advisories/31617
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786
Related
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
6.3 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%