MEDIUM
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/
Published Sep 15, 2008
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.31%
Description
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/.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.5.2
- 0.50
- 0.51
- 0.52
- 0.53
- 0.54
- 0.55
- 0.55.1
- 0.55.2
- 0.99
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.2.1
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
4.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.31% 0.00312
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00312
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 | 0.31% (0.00312) | 21.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.31% (0.00312) | 22.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00037) | 8.08th | 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 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (8)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31617 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31617 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 15, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 15, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4085
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a