CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4636
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-78
Description
yast2-backup 2.14.2 through 2.16.6 on SUSE Linux and Novell Linux allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the backup process.
Affected configurations
• suse yast2-backup (>= 2.14.2 <= 2.16.6)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command weakness
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00003.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/50284 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32832 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32464 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46879 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00003.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://osvdb.org/50284 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32832 Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32464 Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46879 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry