Vulnerability Details CVE-2008-4975
mkmailpost in newsgate 1.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mmp##### temporary file.
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/496437
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/newsgate
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30932
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://bugs.debian.org/496437
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/newsgate
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30932
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770