CVE-2008-2378

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2008-11-26 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in hfkernel in hf 0.7.3 and 0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse killall program in a directory in the PATH, related to improper handling of the -k option.

Affected products

Hf: 0.7.3, 0.8

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504182
http://osvdb.org/50231
http://secunia.com/advisories/32831
http://secunia.com/advisories/32855
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1668
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32421
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46806
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504182
http://osvdb.org/50231
http://secunia.com/advisories/32831
http://secunia.com/advisories/32855
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1668

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