CVE-2008-4085
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
plaiter in Plait before 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) cut.$$, (2) head.$$, (3) awk.$$, and (4) ps.$$ temporary files in /tmp/.
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% (24th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4070)
- Published
- September 15, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4070 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
- stephenjungels / plait
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496381
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/plait
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31617(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=147849&release_id=623154(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30928
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44786
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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