Vulnerability in Karakas-Online Chm2pdf
CVE-2008-5299
chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or (2) /tmp/chm2pdf/orig temporary directories.
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: 0.003 (22.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 22nd percentile — 22.3% 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
- Karakas-Online Chm2pdf — versions 0.9
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/32257 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236 (vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/43109 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735 (vdb-entry)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html (vendor-advisory)