VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4993
qemu-dm.debug in Xen 3.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/args temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.32%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
qemu-dm.debug in Xen 3.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/args temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- xen/xen
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496367
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xen-utils-3.2-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:016
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0003.html
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235805
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46545
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9576
- http://bugs.debian.org/496367
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xen-utils-3.2-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:016
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0003.html
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235805
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46545
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9576
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.