VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4475
ibackup 2.27 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
ibackup 2.27 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- gnu/ibackup
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496432
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496464
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/ibackup
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00271.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45852
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496432
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496464
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/ibackup
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00271.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45852
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.