Vulnerability in GNU Ibackup
CVE-2008-4475
ibackup 2.27 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 25.5% 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
- GNU Ibackup — versions 2.27
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 (mailing-list)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/ibackup
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45852 (vdb-entry)
- lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00271.html (mailing-list)