CVE-2008-4985 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

vdrleaktest in Video Disk Recorder (aka vdr-dbg or vdr) 1.6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/memleaktest.log temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00028.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cadsoft:vdr:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Cadsoft Subscribe	Vdr Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4964	vdrleaktest in Video Disk Recorder (aka vdr-dbg or vdr) 1.6.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/memleaktest.log temporary file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/496421
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/vdr-dbg
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235827
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44880

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-06T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:31:28.430Z

Reserved: 2008-11-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4985

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-06T15:55:52.323

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-4985

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-59

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