VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-4953
CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-11-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Description
firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that an attack "would require an attacker to create 1073741824*PID-RANGE symlinks.
Weakness classification
- CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')