VDB
CVE-2008-4953
CVE-2008-4953
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that an attack "would require an attacker to create 1073741824*PID-RANGE symlinks.
EPSS 0.09% · 26.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.09%
26.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| firehol | firehol | 1.256 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Nov 5, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496424 url
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 url
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/firehol url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4953 advisory