CVE-2008-2366

Status: ModifiedMedium (4.4)—

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for OpenOffice.org (OOo) 1.1.x on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4 allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in the current working directory, related to incorrect quoting of the ORIGIN symbol for use in the RPATH library path.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 4.4

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.32%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 23
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Openoffice — Openoffice

CWEs

CWE-16

References

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