Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2008-2958 | First vendor Publication | 2008-07-01 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
| Calculate full CVSS 3.0 Vectors scores | |||
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.4 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.4 | Authentication | None Required |
| Calculate full CVSS 2.0 Vectors scores | |||
Detail
| Race condition in (1) checkinstall 1.6.1 and (2) installwatch allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and have other impacts via symlink and possibly other attacks on temporary working directories. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2958 |
CAPEC : Common Attack Pattern Enumeration & Classification
| Id | Name |
|---|---|
| CAPEC-26 | Leveraging Race Conditions |
| CAPEC-27 | Leveraging Race Conditions via Symbolic Links |
| CAPEC-29 | Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-362 | Race Condition |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 46571 | CheckInstall installwatch Script Symlink Arbitrary File / Directory Manipulation |
| 46570 | CheckInstall checkinstall Script Symlink Arbitrary File / Directory Manipulation |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2024-11-28 23:14:04 |
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| 2024-11-28 12:15:55 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:07:41 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:08:03 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:21:54 |
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| 2017-08-08 09:24:12 |
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| 2016-04-26 17:35:28 |
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| 2013-05-11 00:20:41 |
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