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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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