CVE-2008-5152 — Vulnetix

CVE-2008-5152 PUBLISHED

inmail-show in mh-book 200605 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/inmail#####.log or (2) /tmp/inmail#####.stdin temporary file.

EPSS 0.03% · 7.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.03%

7.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	mh-book	200605-2.2, 0
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	mh-book	200605-2.1, 0, 200605-2.2
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS	mh-book	200605-2, 0
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS	mh-book	200605-2, 0
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	mh-book	200605-1, 0
Ubuntu:25.10	mh-book	0, 200605-2.3

Exploit Intelligence

mhbook-inmailshow-symlink(46709) (circl)
32399 (circl)
http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt (vulncheck-nvd)
[debian-devel] 20080813 Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages (cve.org)

Timeline

Nov 18, 2008 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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May 25, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5152 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5152 third-party-advisory

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