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CVE-2008-5256

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
27/11/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.

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:virtualox:virtualox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.0.4 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:1.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:virtualox:virtualox:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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