CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4640

3.6 LOW Published 2008-10-21 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-10-21
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The DoCommand function in jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows local users to delete arbitrary files via vectors involving a modified input filename in which (1) a final "z" character is replaced by a "t" character or (2) a final "t" character is replaced by a "z" character.

Affected configurations

• sentex jhead (<= 2.82) • sentex jhead 1.2 • sentex jhead 1.3 • sentex jhead 1.4 • sentex jhead 1.5 • sentex jhead 1.6 • sentex jhead 1.7 • sentex jhead 1.8 • sentex jhead 1.9 • sentex jhead 2.0 • sentex jhead 2.1 • sentex jhead 2.2 • sentex jhead 2.3 • sentex jhead 2.4 • sentex jhead 2.4-1 • sentex jhead 2.4-2 • sentex jhead 2.5 • sentex jhead 2.6 • sentex jhead 2.7 • sentex jhead 2.8

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References