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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-4191 Detail

Deferred

This CVE record is not being prioritized for NVD enrichment efforts due to resource or other concerns.

Description

extract-table.pl in Emacspeak 26 and 28 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the extract-table.csv temporary file.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score: N/A
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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score: 6.6 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/17/2008)

Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431 CVE, MITRE
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31880 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32071 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31241 CVE, MITRE
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45237 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00010.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00012.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') cwe source acceptance level NIST

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Change History

4 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 7:51:07 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496431
Added Reference 
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31880
Added Reference 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32071
Added Reference 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
Added Reference 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31241
Added Reference 
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
Added Reference 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460435
Added Reference 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45237
Added Reference 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00010.html
Added Reference 
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00012.html

CVE Modified by MITRE 5/13/2024 9:56:54 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

CVE Modified by MITRE 8/07/2017 9:32:29 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45237 [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference 
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45237 [No Types Assigned]

Initial CVE Analysis 9/25/2008 8:05:00 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4191
NVD Published Date:
09/24/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE

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