CVE-2008-4108
Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Tools/faqwiz/move-faqwiz.sh (aka the generic FAQ wizard moving tool) in Python 2.4.5 might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a tmp$RANDOM.tmp temporary file. NOTE: there may not be common usage scenarios in which tmp$RANDOM.tmp is located in an untrusted directory.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- python software foundation/python
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498899
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122148330903513&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152861617434&w=2
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4274
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31184
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020904
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2659
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462326
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45161
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.