CVE-2008-2232
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The expand_template function in afuse.c in afuse 0.2 allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in a pathname.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2229)
- Published
- July 17, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2229 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- afuse / afuse
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=490921
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31086(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31131
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36358
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1611
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30245
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43834
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00921.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00947.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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