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CVE-2008-7273

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-7273 describes a symlink vulnerability in Iceweasel-firegpg versions prior to 0.6, stemming from insecure temporary file handling. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.8) allows a local attacker with low privileges to achieve high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available, and minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:getfiregpg:iceweasel-firegpg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 16,974 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2008-7273
Third Party Advisory
vulners.com / securityvulns/SECURITYVULNS:DOC:20757
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/01/14/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory