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CVE-2008-4108

Date: September 18, 2008

Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4108
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-4108

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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