CVE-2008-4832

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

17/11/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

rc.sysinit in initscripts 8.12-8.21 and 8.56.15-0.1 on rPath allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run. NOTE: this issue exists because of a race condition in an incorrect fix for CVE-2008-3524. NOTE: exploitation may require an unusual scenario in which rc.sysinit is executed other than at boot time.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rpath:initscripts:8.12-8.21:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:rpath:initscripts:8.56.15-0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:rpath:appliance_platform_linux_service:1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:rpath:appliance_platform_linux_service:2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:rpath:linux:1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:rpath:linux:2:::::::*

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

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rpath:initscripts:8.12-8.21:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:rpath:initscripts:8.56.15-0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:rpath:appliance_platform_linux_service:1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:rpath:appliance_platform_linux_service:2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:rpath:linux:1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:rpath:linux:2:::::::*

CVE-2008-4832

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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