CVE-2008-4937
LOW · CVSS 2.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
senddoc in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/log.obr.##### temporary file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4916)
- Published
- November 5, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4916 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openoffice / openoffice.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496361
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openoffice.org-common(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32856(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33140(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:070
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30925
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-2
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/235824
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44829
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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