HIGH
alert.d/test.alert in mon 0.99.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the test.alert.log temporary file
Published Oct 7, 2008
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
alert.d/test.alert in mon 0.99.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the test.alert.log temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.99.2
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.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.37% 0.00367
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00367
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 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% (0.00027) | 4.54th | 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 | 1.28% (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) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mon x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32183 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:214 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31597 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1648 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45738 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mon | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32183 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:214 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31597 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1648 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45738 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 7, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 7, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4477
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a