CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4996
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
init in initramfs-tools 0.92f allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/initramfs.debug temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that "init is [used in] a single-user context; there's no possibility that this is exploitable.
Affected configurations
• debian initramfs-tools 0.92f
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496386 bugs.debian.org
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/initramfs-tools Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 www.openwall.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 bugs.gentoo.org
- http://bugs.debian.org/496386 bugs.debian.org
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/initramfs-tools Exploit
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 www.openwall.com
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 bugs.gentoo.org