CVE-2008-5136 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in ldrolez tkusr version 0.82, allowing an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files. This is achieved through a symlink attack on the /tmp/tkusr.pgm temporary file. 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 (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.82CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ldrolez:tkusr:0.82:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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