VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-5138
passwdehd in libpam-mount 0.43 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/passwdehd.##### temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.29%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
passwdehd in libpam-mount 0.43 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/passwdehd.##### temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.29% probability · 21th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- bkleineidam/libpam mount
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32780
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46724
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32780
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46724
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.