PT-2008-2424 · Wyrd · Wyrd

Lubomir Kundrak · Published 2008-02-18 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2008-0806

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.6

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions wyrd version 1.4.3b

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the wyrd-tmp.[USERID] temporary file.

Recommendations For wyrd version 1.4.3b, consider restricting access to the temporary file wyrd-tmp.[USERID] to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-0806

Affected Products

Wyrd

References · 11

• 🔥 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466382 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-0806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0806 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-0806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-0806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00841.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00825.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29009 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29113 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433719 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/27848 · Note