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HistoryNov 07, 2008 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2008-4996

2008-11-0700:00:00
ubuntu.com
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9

CVSS2

6.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

DISPUTED 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.”

Notes

Author Note
jdstrand per upstream, occurs in init, which is a single-user context
mdeslaur not exploitable, let’s ignore

CVSS2

6.9

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

COMPLETE

Integrity Impact

COMPLETE

Availability Impact

COMPLETE

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0

Percentile

5.1%

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