CVE-2008-4477

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

0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 29.7% 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.

Published

2008-10-07 22:00Z17 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

• secunia.com32183http://secunia.com/advisories/32183third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• 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.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.us.debian.orgDSA-1648http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1648vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398x_refsource_CONFIRM
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.common-testalert-symlink(45738)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45738vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfirehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770x_refsource_CONFIRM
• dev.gentoo.orghttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/monx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:214http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:214vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
• www.securityfocus.com31597http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31597vdb-entryx_refsource_BID