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CVE-2008-4993

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4993 describes a symlink attack vulnerability in qemu-dm.debug within Xen 3.2.1, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files through manipulation of the /tmp/args temporary file. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high severity with local access, medium attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xen:xen:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 22nd percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xen-0:3.0.3-64.el5_2.9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4993Low

xen: insecure temporary file use in qemu-dm.debug

Aug 24, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / 496367
dev.gentoo.org / ~rbu/security/debiantemp/xen-utils-3.2-1
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
bugs.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/46545
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9576
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0003.html