CVE-2008-5256

CVSS V2 Medium 4.4 CVSS V3 None
Description
The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-5256
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-11-27T00:30:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:33:12
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:virtualox:virtualox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.0.4
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/32851 Vendor Advisory
http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset?new=trunk%2Fsrc%2Flibs%2Fxpcom18a4%2Fipc%2Fipcd%2Fdaemon%2Fsrc%2FipcdUnix.cpp%4013810
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32444 Patch
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247326-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:011
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021384
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3410
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46826
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5256
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5256
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:05:08 Added to TrackCVE