PT-2008-6160 · Xcal · Xcal

Published 2008-11-06 · Updated 2008-11-06 · CVE-2008-4988

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions xcal version 4.1

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pscal##### temporary file.

Recommendations For xcal version 4.1, consider restricting access to the temporary files in /tmp to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, monitor and limit the creation of symlinks on the /tmp/pscal##### temporary file until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4988

Affected Products

Xcal

References · 8

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xcal · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4988 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4988 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.debian.org/496393 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note