Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-4085
plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 11.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 4.4
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31617
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31617
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786
Products affected by CVE-2008-4085
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:*
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.50
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.51
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.52
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.53
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.54
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.55
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.55.1
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.55.2
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:0.99
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:stephenjungels:plait:1.5.1