CVE-2008-4973 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in i2myspell, part of the myspell 3.1 package, affecting Debian systems. Attackers can exploit this by creating symbolic links to overwrite arbitrary files through predictable temporary file names in /tmp. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:myspell:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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