Vulnerability in Nzbget
CVE-2008-2266
uulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function. NOTE: this may be a CVE-2004-2265 regression.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/31420 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/30171 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/14/10 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/29211 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42407 (vdb-entry)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/30/1 (mailing-list)