CVE-2008-4936 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in mgetty 1.1.36, specifically within the faxspool component. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on temporary files in /tmp/faxsp.#####, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a medium attack complexity and requiring local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.1.36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gert_doering:mgetty:1.1.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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