VDB
CVE-2008-4983
CVE-2008-4983
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
scilab-bin 4.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/SciLink#####1, (b) /tmp/SciLink#####2, (c) /tmp/SciLink#####3, (d) /tmp/*.#####, (e) /tmp/*.#####.res, (f) /tmp/*.#####.err, and (g) /tmp/*.#####.diff temporary files, related to the (1) scilink, (2) scidoc, and (3) scidem scripts.
EPSS 0.41% · 34.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.41%
34.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| scilab | scilab-bin | 4.1.2 |
| 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
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt url
- http://bugs.debian.org/496414 url
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/scilab-bin url
- scilabbin-multiple-symlink(44883) vdb
- GLSA-200901-14 vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
- 30968 vdb
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 url
- 33630 third-party-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4983 advisory