CVE-2008-5145 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in ltpmenu, part of the Linux Test Project (ltp) 20060918, specifically affecting Debian systems. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
20060918CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:ltp:20060918:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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