CVE-2008-5367 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the ip-up script of ppp-udeb 2.4.4rel on Debian GNU/Linux. An attacker can exploit this flaw via a symlink attack on the /tmp/resolv.conf.tmp temporary file, allowing them to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring local access and moderate attack complexity to achieve complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:marco_d\'itri:ppp-udeb:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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