Vulnerability in Bitmover Lmbench
CVE-2008-4968
The (1) rccs and (2) STUFF scripts in lmbench 3.0-a7 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/sdiff.##### temporary file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.5% 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
- Bitmover Lmbench — versions 3.0-a7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/30913 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44828 (vdb-entry)
- uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/lmbench (Exploit)
- bugs.debian.org/496427
- secunia.com/advisories/32587 (third-party-advisory)