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CVE-2008-6552

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-6552 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Red Hat Cluster Project 2.x, specifically affecting rgmanager, gfs2-utils, and CMAN before version 2.03.09-1 on Fedora 9. This flaw allows local attackers to modify or overwrite arbitrary files through symlink attacks on temporary files. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability is considered high severity, as it permits complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.00.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cluster_project:2.00.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.01.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cluster_project:2.01.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.02.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cluster_project:2.02.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.03.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cluster_project:2.03.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.03.01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:cluster_project:2.03.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 52nd percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CLuster Suite for RHEL 4Fixed in: rgmanager-0:1.9.88-2.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: CLuster Suite for RHEL 4Fixed in: ccs-0:1.0.13-2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: rgmanager-0:2.0.52-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: gfs2-utils-0:0.1.62-1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cman-0:2.0.115-1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-6552Low

rgmanager: multiple insecure temporary file use issues

Oct 31, 2008

References

osvdb.org / 50299
osvdb.org / 50300
osvdb.org / 50301
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-1337.html
secunia.com / advisories/32602
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32616
secunia.com / advisories/36530
secunia.com / advisories/36555
secunia.com / advisories/43367
secunia.com / advisories/43372
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46412
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11404
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00163.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00164.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00165.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1339.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1341.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0264.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0265.html
securityfocus.com / bid/32179
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-875-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0416
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0417