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CVE-2008-5299
chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.32%
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- mitre
Description
chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or (2) /tmp/chm2pdf/orig temporary directories.
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)
- 0.32% · top 75% 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- 32257 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0236 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0467 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43109 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- chm2pdf-chm2pdf-symlink(45813) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31735 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2011-0454 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .