CVE-2008-4476
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4457)
- Published
- October 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4457 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sympa / sympa
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496405
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31458(Vendor Advisory)
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30727
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44499
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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