01 Record
CVE-2008-4477
alert.d/test.alert in mon 0.99.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the test.alert.log temporary file.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
alert.d/test.alert in mon 0.99.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the test.alert.log 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
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.3% 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
- 2008-10-07 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-10-07
- 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
- caad1098967b83bd90880508a044cd911bc16e018286710dfbf7a476572889aa
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- secunia.com32183http://secunia.com/advisories/32183
- lists.debian.org[debian-devel] 20080812 Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packageshttp://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
- www.us.debian.orgDSA-1648http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1648
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.common-testalert-symlink(45738)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45738
- 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
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- dev.gentoo.orghttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mon
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:214http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:214
- www.securityfocus.com31597http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31597