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CVE-2008-3279

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2010-04-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in libbrlttybba.so in brltty 3.7.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted library, related to an incorrect RPATH setting.

Affected products

• Mielke Brltty: 3.7.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/39231
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0181.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0755
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457942
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11399
• http://secunia.com/advisories/39231
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0181.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0755
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457942
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11399

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