CVE-2008-2958

Published Jul 1, 2008

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: Race condition in (1) checkinstall 1.6.1 and (2) installwatch allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and have other impacts via symlink and possibly other attacks on temporary working directories.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.4
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.4
Vector string: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-362

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:checkinstall:checkinstall:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "7394122F-C484-407B-A713-DA17E65D8602"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References