CVE-2008-5394
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.2)—
/bin/login in shadow 4.0.18.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, and probably other Linux distributions, allows local users in the utmp group to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file referenced in a line (aka ut_line) field in a utmp entry.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Puntuación base: 7.2
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.95%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 60
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-59
Referencias
- http://bugs.debian.org/332198
- http://bugs.debian.org/505071
- http://bugs.debian.org/505271
- http://osvdb.org/52200
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313
- http://bugs.debian.org/332198
- http://bugs.debian.org/505071
- http://bugs.debian.org/505271
- http://osvdb.org/52200
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-24.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4695
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:062
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498769/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32552
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-695-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47037
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/7313
JSON original (NVD)
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