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CVE-2008-1078
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files…
High7.2EPSS 0.51%
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- redhat
Description
expn in the am-utils and net-fs packages for Gentoo, rPath Linux, and other distributions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the expn[PID] temporary file. NOTE: this is the same issue as CVE-2003-0308.1.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- FEDORA-2008-10755 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=210158 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0088 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29144 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29694 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080228 rPSA-2008-0088-1 am-utils (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2255 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29187 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28044 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 33400 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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