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CVE-2008-0163

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
12/02/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Linux kernel 2.6, when using vservers, allows local users to access resources of other vservers via a symlink attack in /proc.

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:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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