CVE-2008-5152

Published Nov 18, 2008

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: inmail-show in mh-book 200605 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/inmail#####.log or (2) /tmp/inmail#####.stdin temporary file.
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:peter_s_galbraith:mh-book:2000605:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "25C085EF-BE46-4D4F-A354-4A85079E6C08"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References