CVE-2008-4440
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The to-upgrade plugin in feta 1.4.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink on the (1) /tmp/feta.install.$USER and (2) /tmp/feta.avail.$USER temporary files.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4421)
- Published
- October 3, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4421 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / feta
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496397
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/feta
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32155
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1643
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30899
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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