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CVE-2008-2266

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
16/05/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

uulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function. NOTE: this may be a CVE-2004-2265 regression.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.40 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.40
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:nzbget:nzbget:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.2.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:nzbget:nzbget:0.1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nzbget:nzbget:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nzbget:nzbget:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nzbget:nzbget:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:nzbget:nzbget:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:uudeview:uudeview:0.5.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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