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CVE-2008-3699

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3699 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Amarok versions prior to 1.4.10. Specifically, the MagnatuneBrowser::listDownloadComplete function is susceptible to a symlink attack on the temporary album_info.xml file, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a local attack vector with medium attack complexity and potential for partial impact on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amarok:amarok:1.4.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 57th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3699Low

amarok: temporary file vulnerability via symlink attacks (priv esc)

Aug 12, 2008

References

amarok.kde.org / en/releases/1/4/10
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/31418
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31663
secunia.com / advisories/31839
secunia.com / advisories/32357
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200809-08.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44399
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00057.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00097.html
websvn.kde.org
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/30662
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-657-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2338