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CVE-2008-4640

Date: October 21, 2008

The DoCommand function in jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows local users to delete arbitrary files via vectors involving a modified input filename in which (1) a final "z" character is replaced by a "t" character or (2) a final "t" character is replaced by a "z" character.

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-4640
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4640
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/26/4
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32506
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/3
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-4640

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Input Validation

CWE-20

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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): NONE
Integrity (I): LOW
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

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