CVE-2008-5397
Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User and (2) Group configuration options, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended supplementary group
02 Description
Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User and (2) Group configuration options, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended supplementary group
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
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.1% 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
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2008-12-09 00:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7d50e653ce70bed8f18ed5cb7657d8e25668ae89993d04dc233127a4dc35e24a
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com34583http://secunia.com/advisories/34583
- www.securityfocus.com32648http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32648
- secunia.com33025http://secunia.com/advisories/33025
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3366http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3366
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comtor-user-privilege-escalation(47101)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47101
- blog.torproject.orghttp://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0.2.0.32-released
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200904-11http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-11.xml
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- tor Fixed in 0.2.0.32-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- tor Fixed in 0.2.0.32-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- tor Fixed in 0.2.0.32-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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