MEDIUM
The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file
Published Nov 27, 2008
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.0.4
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.6
- 1.3.8
- 1.4.0
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.2
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.6
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.2
- 1.6.4
- 1.6.6
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.2
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.
4.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.35% 0.00351
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00351
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 | 0.35% (0.00351) | 26.37th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00351) | 26.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00033) | 6.10th | 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 (11)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32851 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247326-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:011 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32444 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021384 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset?new=trunk%2Fsrc%2Flibs%2Fxpcom18a4%2Fipc%2Fipcd%2Fdaemon%2Fsrc%2FipcdUnix.cpp%4013810 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3410 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46826 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/32851 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247326-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:011 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32444 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021384 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset?new=trunk%2Fsrc%2Flibs%2Fxpcom18a4%2Fipc%2Fipcd%2Fdaemon%2Fsrc%2FipcdUnix.cpp%4013810 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3410 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46826 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 27, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 26, 2008
Link CVE-2008-5256
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a