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CVE-2008-1951

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-1951 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting specific Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 builds of the sblim libraries. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain privileges by placing a malicious library in a /var/tmp subdirectory, which is then loaded due to an incorrect RPATH setting. With a CVSS score of 4.6, it is a low-severity vulnerability requiring local access with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: sblim-0:1-13a.el4_6.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: sblim-0:1-31.el5_2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-1951Important

sblim: libraries built with insecure RPATH

Jun 24, 2008

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
secunia.com / advisories/30803
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43315
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9635
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-0497.html
Not Applicable
securityfocus.com / bid/29913
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry