CVE-2008-5374
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
bash-doc 3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/cb#####.? temporary file, related to the (1) aliasconv.sh, (2) aliasconv.bash, and (3) cshtobash scripts.
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% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5351)
- Published
- December 8, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5351 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- matthias klose / bash-doc
References
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43365
- http://secunia.com/advisories/51086
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201210-05.xml
- http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:004
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0261.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1073.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32733
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0414
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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