CVE-2008-0806
wyrd 1.4.3b allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the wyrd-tmp.[USERID] temporary file.
02 Description
wyrd 1.4.3b allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the wyrd-tmp.[USERID] temporary file.
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
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.0% 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
- 2008-02-18 23:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-02-18
- 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
- 10a1e130bc227eb33db7b0d3d43ca38496601b3533c4d60f5a23b348d451effa
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com29113http://secunia.com/advisories/29113
- secunia.com29009http://secunia.com/advisories/29009
- www.securityfocus.com27848http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27848
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466382
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-1963https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00825.html
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2008-1986https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00841.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433719
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wyrd Fixed in 1.4.3b-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wyrd Fixed in 1.4.3b-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wyrd Fixed in 1.4.3b-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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