6.9
CVSSv2

CVE-2008-4192

Published: 29/09/2008 Updated: 08/08/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.9 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.4
VMScore: 695
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The pserver_shutdown function in fence_egenera in cman 2.20080629 and 2.20080801 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/eglog temporary file.

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redhat cman 2.20080629

redhat cman 2.20080801

Vendor Advisories

Multiple insecure temporary file handling vulnerabilities were discovered in Red Hat Cluster A local attacker could exploit these to overwrite arbitrary local files via symlinks (CVE-2008-4192, CVE-2008-4579, CVE-2008-4580, CVE-2008-6552) ...
Debian Bug report logs - #496410 The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages Package: cman; Maintainer for cman is Debian HA Maintainers <debian-ha-maintainers@listsaliothdebianorg>; Source for cman is src:redhat-cluster (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: "Dmitry E Oboukhov" <dimka@uvw ...

Exploits

## # $Id$ ## ## # This file is part of the Metasploit Framework and may be subject to # redistribution and commercial restrictions Please see the Metasploit # web site for more information on licensing and terms of use # metasploitcom/ ## require 'msf/core' class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote Rank = GreatRanking include Ms ...