CVE-2008-5142 — sendbug in freebsd-sendpr 3.113+5.3 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pr.##### temporary file

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sendbug in freebsd-sendpr 3.113+5.3 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pr.##### temporary file

Published Nov 18, 2008

6.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.38%

Description

sendbug in freebsd-sendpr 3.113+5.3 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pr.##### temporary file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.38% 0.00384

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00384

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	0.38% (0.00384)	29.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.38% (0.00384)	29.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.02% (0.00024)	3.88th	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	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-59

References (2)

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32381
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32381		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 18, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 18, 2008

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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