CVE-2008-4974 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in rrdedit within netmrg version 0.20. An attacker can exploit this flaw by using a symlink attack against temporary files, specifically /tmp/*.xml and /tmp/*.backup, to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with medium attack complexity 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
0.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:netmrg:netmrg:0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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