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CVE-2008-1614
suPHP before 0.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a race condition that involves multiple symlink changes to point a file…
Medium4.3EPSS 0.33%
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- redhat
Description
suPHP before 0.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a race condition that involves multiple symlink changes to point a file owned by a different user, or (2) a symlink to the directory of a different user, which is used to determine privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (11)
- [suPHP] 20080330 SECURITY ISSUE: Immediate update advised (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439687 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- suphp-files-privilege-escalation(41582) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 29615 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2868 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-1550 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 29872 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29648 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2815 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 28568 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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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