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CVE-2008-1951
Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (sblim)…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.38%
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- redhat
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (sblim) libraries before 1-13a.el4_6.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, and before 1-31.el5_2.1 in RHEL 5, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in a certain subdirectory of /var/tmp, related to an incorrect RPATH setting, as demonstrated by a malicious libc.so library for tog-pegasus.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 68% 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 4.6.
Weakness
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References (7)
- 30803 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9635 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- redhat-sblim-privilege-escalation(43315) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0497 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1020354 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 29913 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447705 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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