CVE-2008-4988 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the pscal component of lars_bahner xcal version 4.1. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file, tricking pscal into overwriting it during its temporary file creation process. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:lars_bahner:xcal:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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