{"id":"CVE-2008-4947","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-4947","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:30:51.156Z","title":"dhis-dummy-log-engine in dhis-server 5.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/dhis-dummy-log-engine.log temporary file.","description":"dhis-dummy-log-engine in dhis-server 5.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/dhis-dummy-log-engine.log temporary file.","published":"2008-11-05T15:00:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:58:49.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["guus sliepen/dhis-server"],"epss":{"score":0.0039,"percentile":0.32909,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/496388","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dhis-server","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30900","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://bugs.debian.org/496388","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dhis-server","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt","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.securityfocus.com/bid/30900","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4947","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."}