VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4553
qemu-make-debian-root in qemu 0.9.1-5 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files and directories.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.49%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
qemu-make-debian-root in qemu 0.9.1-5 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files and directories.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.49% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- qemu/qemu
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496394
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/qemuExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32335
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1657
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/14/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30931
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235826
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44831
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496394
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/qemuExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32335
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1657
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/14/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30931
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235826
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44831
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.