01 Record
CVE-2008-3929
gather-messages.sh in Ampache 3.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filelist temporary file.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
gather-messages.sh in Ampache 3.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filelist 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
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.0% 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
- 2008-09-04 18:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:00Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-09-04
- 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
- f35094e5bc3c1197efbe069eb3f6acab80f93f026e32aea4285ede64f255a9b4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200812-22http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-22.xml
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfirehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- dev.gentoo.orghttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/ampache
- secunia.com33316http://secunia.com/advisories/33316
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- secunia.com31657http://secunia.com/advisories/31657
- www.securityfocus.com30875http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30875
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comampache-gathermessages-symlink(44739)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44739
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496369
- freshmeat.nethttp://freshmeat.net/projects/ampache/releases/283935