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HistoryNov 18, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2008-5153

2008-11-1800:00:00
ubuntu.com
ubuntu.com
8

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

spell-check-logic.cgi in Moodle 1.8.2 allows local users to overwrite
arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/spell-check-debug.log,
(2) /tmp/spell-check-before, or (3) /tmp/spell-check-after temporary file.

Notes

Author Note
jdstrand per Debian, must manually edit the file to execute affected code
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu8.04noarchmoodle< 1.8.2-1ubuntu4.2UNKNOWN
ubuntu8.10noarchmoodle< 1.8.2-1.2ubuntu2.1UNKNOWN

6.9 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

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

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%