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CVE-2008-4935

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4935 describes a local arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in asciiview, part of aview 1.3.0, affecting Amiga aview. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite any file on the system by exploiting a symlink attack on a temporary /tmp/aview#####.pgm file. With a CVSS score of 6.9, it carries high impact for confidentiality, integrity, and availability due to its local attack vector and medium attack complexity. There is no known exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it is not listed in the KEV catalog, and there is no community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low likelihood of active exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:amiga:aview:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 60th 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 / 496422
dev.gentoo.org / ~rbu/security/debiantemp/aview
Exploit
bugs.gentoo.org / 235808
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/33139
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200812-14.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44837
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
securityfocus.com / bid/30885