VDB
CVE-2008-5256
CVE-2008-5256
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.400000095367432 MEDIUM
The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.
EPSS 0.35% · 28.5th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
4.400000095367432
EPSS Score
0.35%
28.5th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| virtualox | virtualox | 1.5.4, 0, 1.3.4 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Nov 27, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 23, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 14, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jun 1, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- 247326 vendor-advisory
- 32851 third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149 url
- sun-virtualbox-ipcdunix-symlink(46826) vdb
- 32444 vdb
- MDVSA-2009:011 vendor-advisory
- http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog url
- http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset?new=trunk%2Fsrc%2Flibs%2Fxpcom18a4%2Fipc%2Fipcd%2Fdaemon%2Fsrc%2FipcdUnix.cpp%4013810 url
- ADV-2008-3410 vdb
- 1021384 vdb
- SUSE-SR:2009:004 vendor-advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5256 advisory