CVE-2008-5153 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in Moodle 1.8.2, specifically within the spell-check-logic.cgi script. An attacker can exploit this flaw by using a symlink attack on temporary files in the /tmp directory, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and medium attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:moodle:moodle:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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