VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4951
dtc 0.29.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/awstats.log, (b) /tmp/spam.log.#####, and (c) /tmp/spam_err.log temporary files, related to the (1) accesslog.php and (2) sa-wrapper scripts.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
dtc 0.29.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/awstats.log, (b) /tmp/spam.log.#####, and (c) /tmp/spam_err.log temporary files, related to the (1) accesslog.php and (2) sa-wrapper scripts.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.39% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- gplhost/dtc-common
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496362
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dtc-common
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235812Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46411
- http://bugs.debian.org/496362
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dtc-common
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235812Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46411
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.