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CVE-2008-2266

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

uulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function. NOTE: this may be a CVE-2004-2265 regression.

Affected products

• Nzbget: through 0.2.2; 0.1.0a, 0.1.1, 0.1.2, 0.2.0, 0.2.1
• Uudeview: 0.5.20

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480972
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30171
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31420
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/14/10
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/05/30/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29211
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42407
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=480972
• http://secunia.com/advisories/30171
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31420
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200808-11.xml

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