VDB
CVE-2008-4938
CVE-2008-4938
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
aegis 4.24 and aegis-web 4.24 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/#####, (b) /tmp/#####.intro, (c) /tmp/aegis.#####.ae, (d) /tmp/aegis.#####, (e) /tmp/aegis.#####.1, (f) /tmp/aegis.#####.2, (g) /tmp/aegis.#####.log, and (h) /tmp/aegis.#####.out temporary files, related to the (1) bng_dvlpd.sh, (2) bng_rvwd.sh, (3) awt_dvlp.sh, (4) awt_intgrtn.sh, and (5) aegis.cgi scripts.
EPSS 0.42% · 35.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.42%
35.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| aegis | aegis-web | 4.24 |
| aegis | aegis | 4.24 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Nov 5, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 16, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 31, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 23, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 15, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 2, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aegis url
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 url
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496402 url
- 31970 third-party-advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2079025&group_id=224&atid=100224 url
- http://bugs.debian.org/496402 url
- aegis-aegis-symlink(44835) vdb
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
- 30883 vdb
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt url
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aegis-web url
- http://bugs.debian.org/496400 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4938 advisory