CVE-2008-5135

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

18/11/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

os-prober in os-prober 1.17 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/mounted-map or (2) /tmp/raided-map temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating "the insecure code path should only ever run inside a d-i environment, which has no non-root users.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 6.20 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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