UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5152

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2008-5152

    Published: 18 Nov 2008Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2008-5152

    Summary:

    Details: inmail-show in mh-book 200605 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/inmail#####.log or (2) /tmp/inmail#####.stdin temporary file.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5152, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5152

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mh-book

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mh-book?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    200605-1

    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