{"id":"CVE-2008-2266","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-2266","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:40:23.153Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2008-05-16T12:54:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:53:26.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["nzbget/nzbget","uudeview/uudeview"],"epss":{"score":0.00322,"percentile":0.2499,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480972","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30171","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31420","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/14/10","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/30/1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29211","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42407","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480972","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30171","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31420","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/14/10","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/30/1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29211","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42407","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2266","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}