CVE-2008-0666

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-02-11 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Website META Language (WML) 2.0.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) the /tmp/pe.tmp.$$ temporary file used by wml_contrib/wmg.cgi and (2) temporary files used by wml_backend/p3_eperl/eperl_sys.c.

Affected products

Website Meta Language: 2.0.11

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463907
http://secunia.com/advisories/28829
http://secunia.com/advisories/28856
http://secunia.com/advisories/29353
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-23.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1492
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:076
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27685
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=463907
http://secunia.com/advisories/28829
http://secunia.com/advisories/28856
http://secunia.com/advisories/29353

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