CVE-2008-5299

CVSS V2 Medium 6.9 CVSS V3 None
Description
chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or (2) /tmp/chm2pdf/orig temporary directories.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-5299
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-12-01T15:30:03
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:33:14
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:karakas-online:chm2pdf:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735
http://secunia.com/advisories/32257
http://secunia.com/advisories/43109
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5299
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5299
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:05:06 Added to TrackCVE