CVE-2008-2266
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (25th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2263)
- Published
- May 16, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2263 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nzbget / nzbget
- nzbget / nzbget
- nzbget / nzbget
- nzbget / nzbget
- nzbget / nzbget
- nzbget / nzbget
- uudeview / uudeview
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30171(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31420(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/14/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/30/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29211
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42407
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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