VDB
CVE-2008-4971
CVE-2008-4971
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
mafft-homologs in mafft 6.240 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/_vf#?????, (2) /tmp/_if#?????, (3) /tmp/_pf#?????, (4) /tmp/_af#?????, (5) /tmp/_rid#?????, (6) /tmp/_res#?????, (7) /tmp/_q#?????, and (8) /tmp/_bf#????? temporary files.
EPSS 0.39% · 33.1th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.39%
33.1th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| align.bmr.kyushu-u.ac | mafft | 6.240 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Nov 6, 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
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235804 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://bugs.debian.org/496366 url
- 30915 vdb
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt url
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mafft url
- mafft-maffthomologs-symlink(44825) vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4971 advisory