VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4954
mead.pl in fml 4.0.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/debugbuf temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.31%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
mead.pl in fml 4.0.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/debugbuf temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- fumitoshi ukai/fml
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496370
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/fml
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30903
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://bugs.debian.org/496370
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/fml
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30903
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.