CVE-2008-4190 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the IPSEC livetest tool within Openswan versions 2.4.12 and earlier, and 2.6.x through 2.6.16. An attacker can exploit this flaw via a symlink attack on temporary files, leading to arbitrary file overwrites and arbitrary code execution. The CVSS score of 4.4 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) indicates a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access and medium attack complexity, with potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, and community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:openswan:openswan:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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