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CVE-2008-4937

Date: November 5, 2008

senddoc in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/log.obr.##### temporary file.

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (17)

Url: http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4937

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30925

Url: https://bugs.gentoo.org/235824

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:070

Url: http://bugs.debian.org/496361

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/33140

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32856

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44829

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml

Url: http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openoffice.org-common

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-4937

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-2

Url: https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-1

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-4937

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.6
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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