CVE-2008-5149 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the fwd_check.sh script within libncbi6 version 6.1.20080302. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on temporary files created in /tmp, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), 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, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1.20080302CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aucko:libncbi6:6.1.20080302:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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