CVE-2008-4949 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in dist 3.5, specifically affecting the patcil and patdiff scripts. Attackers can exploit this by creating symbolic links to overwrite arbitrary files through predictable temporary file names in /tmp. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with medium attack complexity requiring local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:manoj_srivastava:dist:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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