01 Record
CVE-2008-2389
opensuse-updater in openSUSE 10.2 allows local users to access arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
opensuse-updater in openSUSE 10.2 allows local users to access arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
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
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 22.8% 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
- 2008-06-06 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-05-21
- 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
- f542487a1a3ca96c1047db41d74fd66e567c965215e14691f3cef460ddfc7ef5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:012http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00001.html
- www.securityfocus.com29608http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29608
- secunia.com30581http://secunia.com/advisories/30581