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CVE-2008-4191

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4191 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in Emacspeak versions 26 and 28. An attacker can exploit this flaw by using a symlink attack on the temporary file "extract-table.csv" generated by the "extract-table.pl" script, leading to arbitrary file modification. With a CVSS score of 6.6, this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can result in complete integrity and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
26.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emacspeak_inc:emacspeak:26.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
28.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:emacspeak_inc:emacspeak:28.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
9.2
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 3,049 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

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: emacspeak
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: emacspeak

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4191Low

emacspeak: Insecure auxiliary /tmp file usage (symlink attack possible)

Aug 24, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
dev.gentoo.org / ~rbu/security/debiantemp/emacspeak
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/31880
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32071
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/45237
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00010.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00012.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
securityfocus.com / bid/31241