HIGH
tor: does not properly process User/Group configuration options (privilege escalation)
Published Dec 9, 2008
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User and (2) Group configuration options, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended supplementary group memberships of the Tor process.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 0.1.2.31
- 0.0.2
- 0.0.2_pre13
- 0.0.2_pre14
- 0.0.2_pre15
- 0.0.2_pre16
- 0.0.2_pre17
- 0.0.2_pre18
- 0.0.2_pre19
- 0.0.2_pre20
- 0.0.2_pre21
- 0.0.2_pre22
- 0.0.2_pre23
- 0.0.2_pre24
- 0.0.2_pre25
- 0.0.2_pre26
- 0.0.2_pre27
- 0.0.3
- 0.0.4
- 0.0.5
- 0.0.6
- 0.0.6.1
- 0.0.6.2
- 0.0.7
- 0.0.7.1
- 0.0.7.2
- 0.0.7.3
- 0.0.8
- 0.0.8.1
- 0.0.9
- 0.0.9.1
- 0.0.9.2
- 0.0.9.3
- 0.0.9.4
- 0.0.9.5
- 0.0.9.6
- 0.0.9.7
- 0.0.9.8
- 0.0.9.9
- 0.0.9.10
- 0.1.0.1
- 0.1.0.2
- 0.1.0.3
- 0.1.0.4
- 0.1.0.5
- 0.1.0.6
- 0.1.0.7
- 0.1.0.8
- 0.1.0.9
- 0.1.0.10
- 0.1.0.11
- 0.1.0.12
- 0.1.0.13
- 0.1.0.14
- 0.1.0.15
- 0.1.0.16
- 0.1.0.17
- 0.1.0.18
- 0.1.0.19
- 0.1.1.1
- 0.1.1.1_alpha
- 0.1.1.2
- 0.1.1.2_alpha
- 0.1.1.3
- 0.1.1.3_alpha
- 0.1.1.4
- 0.1.1.4_alpha
- 0.1.1.5
- 0.1.1.5_alpha
- 0.1.1.6
- 0.1.1.6_alpha
- 0.1.1.7
- 0.1.1.7_alpha
- 0.1.1.8
- 0.1.1.8_alpha
- 0.1.1.9
- 0.1.1.9_alpha
- 0.1.1.10
- 0.1.1.10_alpha
- 0.1.1.11
- 0.1.1.12
- 0.1.1.13
- 0.1.1.14
- 0.1.1.15
- 0.1.1.16
- 0.1.1.17
- 0.1.1.18
- 0.1.1.19
- 0.1.1.20
- 0.1.1.21
- 0.1.1.22
- 0.1.1.23
- 0.1.1.26
- 0.1.2.1_alpha-cvs
- 0.1.2.14
- 0.1.2.15
- 0.1.2.17
- 0.1.2.18
- 0.1.2.19
- 0.1.2.30
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.
0.36% 0.00357
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00357
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 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 27.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00357) | 27.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 11.08th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0.2.0.32-released x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33025 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34583 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32648 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3366 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5397 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475452 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47101 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5397
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5397
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0.2.0.32-released | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33025 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/34583 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-11.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32648 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3366 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5397 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475452 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47101 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5397 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5397 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Dec 9, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 8, 2008
Link CVE-2008-5397
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a