bacula-common: Insecure temporary file use in autochangers (symlink attack)
Published Dec 8, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
mtx-changer.Adic-Scalar-24 in bacula-common 2.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mtx.##### temporary file, probably a related issue to CVE-2005-2995.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
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.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
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 3, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00387) | 30.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00387) | 30.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00030) | 5.51th | 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) |
References (6)
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListTechnical Description
- http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt x_refsource_MISCBroken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5373 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475469 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5373
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5373
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListTechnical Description | |
| http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt | x_refsource_MISCBroken Link | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5373 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475469 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5373 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5373 |
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