CVE-2008-4477
alert.d/test.alert in mon 0.99.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the test.alert.log temporary file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
alert.d/test.alert in mon 0.99.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the test.alert.log temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.37% probability · 30th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- jim trocki/mon
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mon
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32183
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:214
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31597
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1648
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45738
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mon
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32183
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:214
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31597
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1648
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45738
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.