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CVE-2008-0806

• 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: 2008-02-19 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

wyrd 1.4.3b allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the wyrd-tmp.[USERID] temporary file.

Affected products

• Paul Pelzl Wyrd: 1.4.3b_3

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466382
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29009
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29113
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27848
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433719
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00825.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00841.html
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=466382
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29009
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29113
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27848
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433719

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