VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4956
fwb_install in fwbuilder 2.1.19 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/ssh-agent.##### temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
fwb_install in fwbuilder 2.1.19 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/ssh-agent.##### temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- firewallbuilder/fwbuilder
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496406
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/fwbuilderExploit
- 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=235809
- http://bugs.debian.org/496406
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/fwbuilderExploit
- 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=235809
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.