VDB
CVE-2008-4993
CVE-2008-4993
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
qemu-dm.debug in Xen 3.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/args temporary file.
EPSS 0.05% · 17.4th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.05%
17.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| xen | xen | 3.2.1 |
Timeline
- Nov 7, 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
- xen-qemudm-symlink(46545) vdb
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/496367 url
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 url
- MDVSA-2009:016 vendor-advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235805 url
- RHSA-2009:0003 vendor-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9576 vdb
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xen-utils-3.2-1 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4993 advisory