CVE-2008-5397
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User and (2) Group configuration options, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended supplementary group memberships of the Tor process.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (30th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5374)
- Published
- December 9, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5374 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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and 50 more…
References
- http://blog.torproject.org/blog/tor-0.2.0.32-released
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33025(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34583
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-11.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32648(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3366
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47101
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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