CVE-2008-0666
Website META Language (WML) 2.0.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) the /tmp/pe.tmp.$$ temporary file used by wml_contrib/wmg.cgi and (2) temporary files
02 Description
Website META Language (WML) 2.0.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) the /tmp/pe.tmp.$$ temporary file used by wml_contrib/wmg.cgi and (2) temporary files
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-02-11 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 07:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-02-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cfbb0251866d5ae15aeb8a1b9076059db3a70612a4629fd0c3ed09429614ed3d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com27685http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27685
- secunia.com29353http://secunia.com/advisories/29353
- www.debian.orgDSA-1492http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1492
- secunia.com28829http://secunia.com/advisories/28829
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463907
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:076http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:076
- secunia.com28856http://secunia.com/advisories/28856
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200803-23http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-23.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wml Fixed in 2.0.11-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wml Fixed in 2.0.11-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wml Fixed in 2.0.11-3.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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