LOW
amarok: temporary file vulnerability via symlink attacks (priv esc)
Published Aug 14, 2008
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
The MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function in magnatunebrowser/magnatunebrowser.cpp in Amarok before 1.4.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the album_info.xml temporary file.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
3.3 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.35% 0.00353
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00353
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00353) | 26.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00353) | 26.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00034) | 6.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (20)
- http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/1/4/10 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494765 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31418 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31663 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31839 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32357 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.455790 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWARE
- http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=846626 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:172 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30662 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-657-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2338 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3699 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=459135 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44399 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3699
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3699
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00057.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00097.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 14, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 14, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3699
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a