CVE-2008-4474 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in FreeRADIUS 2.0.4, specifically within the freeradius-dialupadmin component. Attackers can exploit this by using a symlink attack on temporary files created by several scripts, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:freeradius:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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