CVE-2008-5152

mh-book <200605 - Local File Overwrite

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46709
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32399
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt

Scores

EPSS 0.0036
EPSS Percentile 28.1%

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (1)
peter_s_galbraith/mh-book 2000605
Published Nov 18, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026