CVE-2008-4477 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in mon 0.99.2, specifically within the alert.d/test.alert script. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symbolic link to the test.alert.log temporary file, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.99.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:jim_trocki:mon:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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