01 Record
CVE-2008-4938
aegis 4.24 and aegis-web 4.24 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/#####, (b) /tmp/#####.intro, (c) /tmp/aegis.#####.ae, (d) /tmp/aegis.#####, (e)
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
aegis 4.24 and aegis-web 4.24 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/#####, (b) /tmp/#####.intro, (c) /tmp/aegis.#####.ae, (d) /tmp/aegis.#####, (e)
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
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.6% 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
- 2008-11-05 14:51Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-11-05
- 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
- f5351add35181b61055cae472cf326eed081e77ee9c56b8fed43ebccb4577add
05 Affected products
06 References
- dev.gentoo.orghttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aegis
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comaegis-aegis-symlink(44835)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44835
- 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
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496402
- www.securityfocus.com30883http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30883
- uvw.ruhttp://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- secunia.com31970http://secunia.com/advisories/31970
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2079025&group_id=224&atid=100224
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/496402
- dev.gentoo.orghttp://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aegis-web
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/496400