uulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary…

Description

uulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function. NOTE: this may be a CVE-2004-2265 regression.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• GLSA-200808-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480972 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 31420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 30171 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080514 Re: CVE id request: uudeview (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 29211 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• uudeview-tempnam-symlink(42407) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20080530 Re: CVE id request: uudeview (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-2266](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-2266.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-2266)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:58 UTC.