CVE-2008-5371 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in marc_gloor screenie version 1.30.0. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on temporary files in /tmp/.screenie.#####, leading to arbitrary file overwrites. With a CVSS score of 6.9 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), this vulnerability allows for complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise from a local attacker. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.30.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:marc_gloor:screenie:1.30.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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