CVE-2008-3931 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in javareconf within R 2.7.2, allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high severity with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:r_foundation:r:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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