CVE-2008-4984

Published Nov 6, 2008

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: scratchbox2 1.99.0.24 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/dpkg.#####.tmp, (b) /tmp/missing_deps.#####, and (c) /tmp/sb2-pkg-chk.$tstamp.##### temporary files, related to the (1) dpkg-checkbuilddeps and (2) sb2-check-pkg-mappings scripts.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.9
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.4
Vector string: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-59

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:scratchbox2:1.99.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "793692C4-E69F-43E6-B87E-454788527718"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References