CVE-2008-0732 — The init script for Apache Geronimo on SUSE Linux follows symlinks when performing a chown operation, which might allow local users to obtain access to unspecified files or directories

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The init script for Apache Geronimo on SUSE Linux follows symlinks when performing a chown operation, which might allow local users to obtain access to unspecified files or directories

Published Feb 12, 2008

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.76%

Description

The init script for Apache Geronimo on SUSE Linux follows symlinks when performing a chown operation, which might allow local users to obtain access to unspecified files or directories.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.76% 0.00755

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00755

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.76% (0.00755)	53.42th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.76% (0.00755)	50.11th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.05% (0.00054)	14.21th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-59

References (2)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 12, 2008

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Feb 12, 2008

Link CVE-2008-0732

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-0732

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-0732