CVE-2008-4935 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

asciiview in aview 1.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/aview#####.pgm temporary file.

Published: 2008-11-05

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:amiga:aview:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4914	asciiview in aview 1.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/aview#####.pgm temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00027.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/496422
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/aview
http://secunia.com/advisories/33139
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-14.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30885
https://bugs.gentoo.org/235808
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44837

History

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Subscriptions

Amiga Aview

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-05T14:51:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:31:28.284Z

Reserved: 2008-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4935

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-05T15:00:14.743

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-4935

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59

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