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CVE-2008-4476

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4476 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in sympa.pl within Sympa version 5.3.4. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file, potentially leading to arbitrary file overwrites. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its local attack vector, medium complexity, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sympa:sympa:5.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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 0.1 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.debian.org / 496405
bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
dev.gentoo.org / ~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa
lists.debian.org / debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/31458
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44499
uvw.ru / report.lenny.txt
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
securityfocus.com / bid/30727