VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-5141
flamethrower in flamethrower 0.1.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/multicast.tar.##### temporary file.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.31%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.31%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
flamethrower in flamethrower 0.1.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/multicast.tar.##### temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.31% probability · 23th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- dann frazier/flamethrower
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506350
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32891
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32961
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1676
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32386
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46717
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=506350
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32891
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32961
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1676
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32386
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46717
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.