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CVE-2008-3279

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3279 is an untrusted search path vulnerability in brltty 3.7.2, specifically within the libbrlttybba.so library, due to an incorrect RPATH setting. This allows a local attacker to gain privileges by introducing a malicious library. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring medium attack complexity from a local vector. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mielke:brltty:3.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
42.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0054 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: brltty-0:3.7.2-4.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3279Low

brltty: insecure relative RPATH

Jun 12, 2008

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/39231
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11399
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0181.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0755
Vendor Advisory