CVE-2008-4951 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in dtc 0.29.6, specifically affecting the dtc-common component from gplhost. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on temporary log files in /tmp, 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, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.29.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gplhost:dtc-common:0.29.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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