CVE-2008-4978

radiance 3R9+20080530 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/opt.fmt, (b) /tmp/out#####.fmt, (c) /tmp/tf#####.dat, (d) /tmp/gsf#####, (e) /tmp/sc#####.sh, (f) /tmp/il#####.pic, (g) /tmp/tl#####.pic, (h) /tmp/ds#####.pic, (i) /tmp/tfa#####, and (j) /tmp/sed##### temporary files, related to the (1) optics2rad, (2) pdelta, (3) dayfact, and (4) raddepend scripts.

• CVE ID
• CVE-2008-4978

• Assigner
• cve@mitre.org

• Vulnerability Status
• Modified

• Published Version
• 2008-11-06T15:55:52

• Last Modified Date
• 2017-08-08T01:33:02

• 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