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CVE-2008-4938

Date: November 5, 2008

aegis 4.24 and aegis-web 4.24 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/#####, (b) /tmp/#####.intro, (c) /tmp/aegis.#####.ae, (d) /tmp/aegis.#####, (e) /tmp/aegis.#####.1, (f) /tmp/aegis.#####.2, (g) /tmp/aegis.#####.log, and (h) /tmp/aegis.#####.out temporary files, related to the (1) bng_dvlpd.sh, (2) bng_rvwd.sh, (3) awt_dvlp.sh, (4) awt_intgrtn.sh, and (5) aegis.cgi scripts.

Severity Score

Related Resources (15)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496402
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4938
http://bugs.debian.org/496400
http://bugs.debian.org/496402
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44835
http://secunia.com/advisories/31970
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aegis-web
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30883
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2079025&group_id=224&atid=100224
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2008-4938
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aegis
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-4938

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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