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CVE-2008-4640

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4640 describes a local file deletion vulnerability in jhead 2.84 and earlier, specifically within the DoCommand function. An attacker can exploit this by manipulating input filenames, replacing a final 'z' with 't' or vice-versa, to delete arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 3.6, indicating local access and low attack complexity are required, with potential impact limited to partial integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.82CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sentex:jhead:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 7th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4640Moderate

jhead: arbitrary file deletion

Oct 15, 2008

References

bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/+source/jhead/+bug/271020
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/10/16/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/11/26/4
securityfocus.com / bid/32506