CVE-2008-5299 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or (2) /tmp/chm2pdf/orig temporary directories.

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

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

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Karakas-online	Chm2pdf

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:karakas-online:chm2pdf:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32257
http://secunia.com/advisories/43109
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-12-01T15:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:49:12.406Z

Reserved: 2008-12-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-5299

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-12-01T15:30:03.890

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:53:46.130

Link: CVE-2008-5299

Redhat

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