CVE-2008-0806
LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
wyrd 1.4.3b allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the wyrd-tmp.[USERID] temporary file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0813)
- Published
- February 19, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0813 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- paul pelzl / wyrd
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466382(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29009(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29113
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27848
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433719
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00825.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00841.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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