VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4985
vdrleaktest in Video Disk Recorder (aka vdr-dbg or vdr) 1.6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/memleaktest.log temporary file.
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
vdrleaktest in Video Disk Recorder (aka vdr-dbg or vdr) 1.6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/memleaktest.log temporary file.
- 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
- cadsoft/vdr
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496421
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/vdr-dbgExploit
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txtExploit
- 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=235827
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44880
- http://bugs.debian.org/496421
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/vdr-dbgExploit
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txtExploit
- 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=235827
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44880
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.