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CVE-2008-4945

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4945 describes a local arbitrary file overwrite vulnerability in cdrw-taper 0.4, specifically within the amlabel-cdrw component. An attacker could exploit this by creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file within the /tmp/amlabel-cdrw.##### temporary directory, allowing them to overwrite the linked file. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tivano:cdrw-taper:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 52nd 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 / 496380
dev.gentoo.org / ~rbu/security/debiantemp/cdrw-taper
Exploit
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/44842
uvw.ru / report.lenny.txt
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
securityfocus.com / bid/30890