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CVE-2008-6398

Date: March 4, 2009

sng_regress in SNG 1.0.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/recompiled$$.png, (2) /tmp/decompiled$$.sng, and (3) /tmp/canonicalized$$.sng temporary files.

Severity Score

7.4

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6398

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44881

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-6398

Url: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30965

Url: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496407

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-6398

Severity Score

7.4

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.4
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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