RCE in Frysk
CVE-2008-3278
frysk packages through 2008-08-05 as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are built with an insecure RPATH set in the ELF header of multiple binaries in /usr/bin/f* (e.g. fcore, fcatch, fstack, fstep, ...) shipped in the package. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by running arbitrary code as another user.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (26.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Frysk — versions through 2008-08-05
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 5.0
- Red Hat Frysk
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3278 (Third Party Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3278 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2008-3278?
- CVE-2008-3278 is a high-severity vulnerability in Frysk, classified under Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-07.
- How severe is CVE-2008-3278?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.