CVE-2008-4832 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting rPath initscripts versions 8.12-8.21 and 8.56.15-0.1. It allows local users to delete arbitrary files through a symlink attack on directories within /var/lock or /var/run, stemming from a race condition in a previous fix. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires medium attack complexity and local access. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.12-8.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rpath:initscripts:8.12-8.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.56.15-0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rpath:initscripts:8.56.15-0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.