VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-1078
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.51%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.51% probability · 42th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- gentoo/linux · rpath/rpath linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29144Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29187Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29694Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33400Vendor Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29144Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29187Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29694Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33400Vendor Advisory
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-09.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488931/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28044
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-January/msg00273.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.