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    CVE-2008-5299

    chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or (2) /tmp/chm2pdf/orig temporary directories.

    Published:Dec 1, 2008
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 1, 2008
    EPSS Score:0.00021
    CVSS Score:6.9

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Karakas-online
    Product
    Chm2pdf

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    References

    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32257
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43109
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813
    http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/32257
    http://secunia.com/advisories/43109
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High