CVE-2008-4972 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in mailgo within steve_robbins mgt version 2.31. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file, allowing them to overwrite that file via a predictable temporary file in /tmp/mailgo#####. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9 (High), indicating a local attack vector with medium complexity, leading to complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.31CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:steve_robbins:mgt:2.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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