VDB
CVE-2008-4982
CVE-2008-4982
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
rkhunter in rkhunter 1.3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rkhunter-debug temporary file. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1270.
EPSS 0.39% · 30.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.39%
30.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| john_horne | rkhunter | 1.3.2 |
Timeline
- Nov 6, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 12, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 6, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 29, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rkhunter url
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235798 url
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 url
- http://bugs.debian.org/496375 url
- rkhunter-rkhunterdebug-symlink(46511) vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4982 advisory