HIGH
yast2-backup 2.14.2 through 2.16.6 on SUSE Linux and Novell Linux allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the backup process
Published Nov 27, 2008
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.47%
Description
yast2-backup 2.14.2 through 2.16.6 on SUSE Linux and Novell Linux allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the backup process.
Affected products
No data.
AND
Running on/with
OR
- 9
- n/a
- 10.2
- 10.3
- 11.0
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 10
- 10
- 10
- ≥ 2.14.2 · ≤ 2.16.6
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.
0.47% 0.00475
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00475
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00475) | 38.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00457) | 36.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.11% (0.00111) | 27.09th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 10, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 9.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 27, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEPatchThird Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/50284 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32832 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32464 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46879 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00003.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| http://osvdb.org/50284 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32832 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32464 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46879 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 27, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 21, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4636
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a