VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-4984

CVSS score6.9 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-11-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

scratchbox2 1.99.0.24 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/dpkg.#####.tmp, (b) /tmp/missing_deps.#####, and (c) /tmp/sb2-pkg-chk.$tstamp.##### temporary files, related to the (1) dpkg-checkbuilddeps and (2) sb2-check-pkg-mappings scripts.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Primary references