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CVE-2008-4406

Date: October 3, 2008

A certain Debian patch to the run scripts for sabre (aka xsabre) 0.2.4b allows local users to delete or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified .tmp files.

Severity Score

8.4

Related Resources (9)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4406

Url: http://bugs.debian.org/433996

Url: http://osvdb.org/48895

Url: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/01/1

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-4406

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45609

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31512

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45715

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-4406

Severity Score

8.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.4
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:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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