CVE-2008-4975

medium

Description

mkmailpost in newsgate 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mmp##### temporary file.

References

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30932

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

http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

http://bugs.debian.org/496437

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

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: 0.00028