CVE-2008-4975

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
mkmailpost in newsgate 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mmp##### temporary file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-4975
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-11-06T15:55:52
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2009-09-15T05:19:53
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:debian:newsgate:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 6.9
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.4
  • Impact Score
  • 10
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://bugs.debian.org/496437
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/newsgate Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30932
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4975
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4975
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 11:13:57 Added to TrackCVE