CVE-2008-4950

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

gccross in dpkg-cross 2.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the tmp/gccross2.log temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that "There is no sense in this bug - the script ... is called under specific cross-building environments within a chroot.

** CUESTIONADA ** gccross de dpkg-cross v2.3.0, permite a usuarios locales sobrescribir ficheros de su elección a través de un ataque de enlace simbólico en el fichero temporal tmp/gccross2.log. NOTA: El vendedor ha impugnado esta vulnerabilidad argumentando que "Esta vulnerabilidad no tiene ningún sentido, las secuencias de comandos... son llamadas dentro de determinados entornos de compilación cruzada (cross-building environments) con un chroot."

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2008-11-05 CVE Reserved
2008-11-05 CVE Published
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
2024-09-17 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://bugs.debian.org/496413	X_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2	Mailing List
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/dpkg-cross	2024-09-17

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Dpkg-cross Search vendor "Debian" for product "Dpkg-cross"				2.3.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Dpkg-cross" and version "2.3.0"		-		Affected