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CVE-2008-4476
sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file.…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.35%
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- mitre
Description
sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (10)
- [debian-devel] 20080812 Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/496405 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- sympa-sympa-symlink(44499) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30727 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31458 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
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