{"id":"CVE-2008-4190","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-4190","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:38:41.381Z","title":"The IPSEC livetest tool in Openswan 2.4.12 and earlier, and 2.6.x through 2.6.16, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the (1) ipseclive.conn and (2) ipsec.olts.remote.log temporary files.","description":"The IPSEC livetest tool in Openswan 2.4.12 and earlier, and 2.6.x through 2.6.16, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the (1) ipseclive.conn and (2) ipsec.olts.remote.log temporary files.  NOTE: in many distributions and the upstream version, this tool has been disabled.","published":"2008-09-24T11:42:25.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:57:21.000Z","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":["openswan/openswan","xelerance/openswan"],"epss":{"score":0.01115,"percentile":0.65812,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2009-07-13","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":9135,"kind":"exploit","title":"Openswan 2.4.12/2.6.16 - Insecure Temp File Creation Privilege Escalation","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/9135.sh","file":"exploits/linux/local/9135.sh","published":"2009-07-13","added":"2009-07-12","updated":"2016-09-21","author":"nofame","type":"local","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2008-4190","OSVDB-49096"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34182","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34472","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34182","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/34472","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1760","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0402.html","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501624/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501640/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31243","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45250","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10078","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9135","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4190","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."}