CVE-2008-5256
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.
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
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5233)
- Published
- November 27, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5233 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
- virtualox / virtualox
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32851(Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247326-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:011
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32444(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021384
- http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset?new=trunk%2Fsrc%2Flibs%2Fxpcom18a4%2Fipc%2Fipcd%2Fdaemon%2Fsrc%2FipcdUnix.cpp%4013810
- http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3410
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46826
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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