CVE-2008-5157

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None

Description

tau 2.16.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/makefile.tau.*.##### or (2) /tmp/makefile.tau*.##### temporary file, related to the (a) tau_cxx, (b) tau_f90, and (c) tau_cc scripts.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2008-5157

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2008-11-18T16:00:01

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

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:uoregon:tau:2.16.4:::::::*	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
http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt	Exploit
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32821	Vendor Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506348
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32404
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46704

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5157
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5157

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:05:11				Added to TrackCVE