CVE-2008-4982 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

rkhunter in rkhunter 1.3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rkhunter-debug temporary file. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1270.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00029.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
John Horne	Rkhunter

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:john_horne:rkhunter:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4961	rkhunter in rkhunter 1.3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rkhunter-debug temporary file. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1270.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/496375
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rkhunter
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235798
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46511
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4982

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4982

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4982 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4982

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-06T11:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:31:28.310Z

Reserved: 2008-11-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-4982

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-11-06T15:55:52.247

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

Link: CVE-2008-4982

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-08-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-4982 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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