CVE-2008-5299

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    CVE-2008-5299

    Published: 1 Dec 2008Last Modified: 4 Jun 2024

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/32257, http://secunia.com/advisories/43109, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236, 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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45813

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: chm2pdf

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/chm2pdf?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.1-1.1

    Affected versions

    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