Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2008-5256 First vendor Publication 2008-11-26
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
 
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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
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Detail

The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5256

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 15

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-06-05 Name : Ubuntu USN-707-1 (cupsys)
File : nvt/ubuntu_707_1.nasl
2009-02-18 Name : SuSE Security Summary SUSE-SR:2009:004
File : nvt/suse_sr_2009_004.nasl
2009-01-20 Name : Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:011 (virtualbox)
File : nvt/mdksa_2009_011.nasl
2009-01-20 Name : Ubuntu USN-708-1 (hplip)
File : nvt/ubuntu_708_1.nasl
2008-12-10 Name : Sun xVM VirtualBox Insecure Temporary Files Vulnerability (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_virtualbox_acquiredaemonlock_vuln_lin_900408.nasl
2008-12-10 Name : Sun xVM VirtualBox Insecure Temporary Files Vulnerability (Win)
File : nvt/secpod_virtualbox_acquiredaemonlock_vuln_win_900407.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50152 Sun VirtualBox ipcdUnix.cpp AcquireDaemonLock() Function Temporary File Symli...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-07-21 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_0_virtualbox-090209.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2009-011.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_virtualbox-5990.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32851
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247326-1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:011
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32444
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021384
http://www.virtualbox.org/changeset?new=trunk%2Fsrc%2Flibs%2Fxpcom18a4%2Fipc%...
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3410
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46826
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