Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-4971
mafft-homologs in mafft 6.240 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/_vf#?????, (2) /tmp/_if#?????, (3) /tmp/_pf#?????, (4) /tmp/_af#?????, (5) /tmp/_rid#?????, (6) /tmp/_res#?????, (7) /tmp/_q#?????, and (8) /tmp/_bf#????? temporary files.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 6.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 6.9
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496366
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mafft
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30915
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235804
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44825
- http://bugs.debian.org/496366
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mafft
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30915
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235804
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44825
Products affected by CVE-2008-4971
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cpe:2.3:a:align.bmr.kyushu-u.ac:mafft:6.240