freeradius: dialupadmin insecure temporary file usage
Published Oct 7, 2008
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
freeradius-dialupadmin in freeradius 2.0.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in (1) backup_radacct, (2) clean_radacct, (3) monthly_tot_stats, (4) tot_stats, and (5) truncate_radacct.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.0.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of freeradius as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
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 2, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 28.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00367) | 28.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00029) | 5.01th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00056) | 25.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 18, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00056) | 23.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00056) | 21.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496389 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/freeradius-dialupadmin x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00271.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32170 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33151 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30901 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4474 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=466732 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4474
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4474
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