CVE-2008-5135

Published Nov 18, 2008

Last updated 7 months ago

Overview

Description: os-prober in os-prober 1.17 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/mounted-map or (2) /tmp/raided-map temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating "the insecure code path should only ever run inside a d-i environment, which has no non-root users.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified
CNA Tags: disputed

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 1.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:H/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:debian:os-prober:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "9A621241-8EEC-4C67-A067-341EF82EB0B5"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References