Vulnerability in Tor
CVE-2008-5397
Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User and (2) Group configuration options, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended supplementary group memberships of the Tor process.
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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: 0.004 (26.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.9% 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
- Tor — versions 0.0.2, 0.0.2_pre13, 0.0.2_pre14
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/34583 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/32648 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/33025 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3366 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47101 (vdb-entry)
- blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0.2.0.32-released
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-11.xml (vendor-advisory)