CVE-2008-1614 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

suPHP before 0.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a race condition that involves multiple symlink changes to point a file owned by a different user, or (2) a symlink to the directory of a different user, which is used to determine privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00064.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sebastian Marsching	Suphp

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sebastian_marsching:suphp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1550-1	New suphp packages fix local privilege escalation
EUVD	EUVD-2008-1615	suPHP before 0.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a race condition that involves multiple symlink changes to point a file owned by a different user, or (2) a symlink to the directory of a different user, which is used to determine privileges.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.marsching.biz/pipermail/suphp/2008-March/001750.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/29615
http://secunia.com/advisories/29648
http://secunia.com/advisories/29872
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1550
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28568
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1073/references
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=439687
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41582
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00014.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00075.html

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2008-04-02T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:24:42.947Z

Reserved: 2008-04-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-1614

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-04-02T16:44:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-1614

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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