CVE-2008-6398

medium

Description

sng_regress in SNG 1.0.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/recompiled$$.png, (2) /tmp/decompiled$$.sng, and (3) /tmp/canonicalized$$.sng temporary files.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44881

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30965

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496407

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-03-04

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