CVE-2008-5152

medium

Description

inmail-show in mh-book 200605 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/inmail#####.log or (2) /tmp/inmail#####.stdin temporary file.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46709

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-5131

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32399

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

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-18

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