CVE-2008-5706 — The cTrigger::DoIt function in src/ctrigger.cpp in the trigger mechanism in the daemon in Verlihub 0.9.8d-RC2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/trigger.tmp temporary file

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The cTrigger::DoIt function in src/ctrigger.cpp in the trigger mechanism in the daemon in Verlihub 0.9.8d-RC2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/trigger.tmp temporary file

Published Dec 22, 2008

6.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.79%

Description

The cTrigger::DoIt function in src/ctrigger.cpp in the trigger mechanism in the daemon in Verlihub 0.9.8d-RC2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/trigger.tmp temporary file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.79% 0.00789

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

EPSS probability 0.00789

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	0.79% (0.00789)	54.60th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.79% (0.00789)	51.26th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00063)	16.89th	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	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-59

References (5)

http://bugs.debian.org/506530
x_refsource_MISC
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/16
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4800
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32889
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7183
exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/506530		x_refsource_MISC
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/16		mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4800		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32889		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7183		exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 22, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Dec 22, 2008

Link CVE-2008-5706

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5706

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-5706