MEDIUM
gdrae in gdrae 0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gdrae/palabra temporary file
Published Nov 5, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
gdrae in gdrae 0.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/gdrae/palabra temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.1
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.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
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.
0.39% 0.00390
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00390
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 | 0.39% (0.00390) | 30.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00390) | 30.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00028) | 4.85th | 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/496378 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496415 x_refsource_MISC
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gdrae x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- 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/30888 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44838 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/496378 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496415 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gdrae | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| 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/30888 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44838 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 5, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 5, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4958
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a