01 Record
CVE-2008-4406
A certain Debian patch to the run scripts for sabre (aka xsabre) 0.2.4b allows local users to delete or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified .tmp files.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
A certain Debian patch to the run scripts for sabre (aka xsabre) 0.2.4b allows local users to delete or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified .tmp 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
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.7% 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
- 2008-10-03 17:18Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-03
- 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
- 92ea1bb6049cc1605251ac04b8fa12744745918657afb014a2a02e374d6a5014
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- osvdb.org48895http://osvdb.org/48895
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/433996
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxsabre-unspecified-symlink(45715)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45715
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20081001 CVE id request: sabrehttp://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/01/1
- www.securityfocus.com31512http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31512
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxsabre-xrunsabre-symlink(45609)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45609