CVE-2008-1688

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unspecified vulnerability in GNU m4 before 1.4.11 might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to improper handling of filenames specified with the -F option. NOTE: it is not clear when this issue crosses privilege boundaries.

Vulnerabilidad no especificada en GNU m4 versiones anteriores a 1.4.11 podría permitir a atacantes dependientes de contexto ejecutar código se su elección, relacionado con el manejo no apropiado de nombres de ficheros específicados con la opción -F. NOTA: no está claro cuando esta cuestión cruza fronteras de privilegios.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-04-06 CVE Reserved
2008-04-09 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-02-11 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://osvdb.org/44272	Vdb Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/1	Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/04/07/3	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28688	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1151/references	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41704	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/29729	2017-08-08

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/29671	2017-08-08
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.510612	2017-08-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		M4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4"				1.4.1 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4" and version "1.4.1"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		M4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4"				1.4.2 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4" and version "1.4.2"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		M4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4"				1.4.3 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4" and version "1.4.3"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		M4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4"				1.4.4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4" and version "1.4.4"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		M4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4"				1.4.5 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4" and version "1.4.5"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		M4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4"				1.4.6 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4" and version "1.4.6"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		M4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4"				1.4.7 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4" and version "1.4.7"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		M4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4"				1.4.8 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4" and version "1.4.8"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		M4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4"				1.4.9 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4" and version "1.4.9"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		M4 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4"				1.4.10 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "M4" and version "1.4.10"		-		Affected