CVE-2008-4998 describes a local symlink attack vulnerability in the 'postinst' script of TWiki 4.1.2, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a temporary file in /tmp/twiki. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity, but requires local access. Despite the vendor disputing its validity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:twiki:twiki:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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