CVE-2008-3931

medium

Description

javareconf in R 2.7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44736

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235822

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30878

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:198

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-13.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/31996

http://secunia.com/advisories/31647

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core-ra

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496363

http://bugs.debian.org/496418

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-09-04

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00026