VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-5034
master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filter.debug temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
master-filter in printfilters-ppd 2.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/filter.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating 'this package does not have " possibility of attack with the help of symlinks"'
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- a mennucc1/printfilters-ppd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496417
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/printfilters-ppdExploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://bugs.debian.org/496417
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/printfilters-ppdExploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.