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
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- nzbget/nzbget · uudeview/uudeview
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30171Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31420Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/14/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/30/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29211
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42407
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30171Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31420Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/14/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/30/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29211
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42407
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.