CVE-2008-2366
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for OpenOffice.org (OOo) 1.1.x on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4 allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in the current working directory, related to incorrect quoting of the ORIGIN symbol for use in the RPATH library path.
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-16
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (25th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2362)
- Published
- June 16, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2362 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openoffice / openoffice
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30633(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020278
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0538.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29695
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450532
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43322
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11361
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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