Vulnerability in Sentex Jhead
CVE-2008-4639
jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/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
- Sentex Jhead — versions 1.2, 1.3, 1.4
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/5 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/06/5 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/3 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/15/6 (mailing-list)