CVE-2008-4993
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
qemu-dm.debug in Xen 3.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/args temporary file.
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
- 0.3% (25th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-4972)
- Published
- November 7, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-4972 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xen / xen
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496367
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xen-utils-3.2-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:016
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0003.html
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235805
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46545
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9576
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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