CVE-2008-4085

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 None
Description
plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-4085
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-09-15T17:12:51
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:32:24
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.5.2
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.55.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.55.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4.4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154 Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/31617 Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4085
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4085
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:06:07 Added to TrackCVE