CVE-2008-5139 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in jailer 0.4, specifically within the updatejail component. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp, leading to arbitrary file overwrites. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a local attack vector and medium attack complexity. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are available, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for local file system manipulation remains significant.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:javier_fernandez:jailer:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
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