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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-2266

uulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function.

MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.32%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

uulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function. NOTE: this may be a CVE-2004-2265 regression.

CVSS 2.0
4.4 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
0.32% probability · 25th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-59
Affected
nzbget/nzbget · uudeview/uudeview
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.32%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.