{"id":"CVE-2008-5374","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2008-5374","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:33:02.346Z","title":"bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.","description":"bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.","published":"2008-12-08T23:30:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:59:52.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":6.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["matthias klose/bash-doc"],"epss":{"score":0.00341,"percentile":0.27418,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/43365","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51086","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-05.xml","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:004","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0261.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1073.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32733","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0414","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/43365","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/51086","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-05.xml","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:004","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0261.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1073.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32733","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0414","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5374","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}