CVE-2008-4993

medium

Description

qemu-dm.debug in Xen 3.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/args temporary file.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9576

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46545

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-4972

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235805

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

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0003.html

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

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:016

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xen-utils-3.2-1

http://bugs.debian.org/496367

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-07

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:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00319