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CVE-2008-2378

Date: November 26, 2008

Untrusted search path vulnerability in hfkernel in hf 0.7.3 and 0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse killall program in a directory in the PATH, related to improper handling of the -k option.

Severity Score

Related Resources (10)

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1668
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46806
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32421
http://osvdb.org/50231
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504182
http://secunia.com/advisories/32855
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2378
http://secunia.com/advisories/32831
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-2378
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-2378

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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