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CVE-2008-3931

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 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: none known
• Published: 2008-09-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

javareconf in R 2.7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• R Foundation R: 2.7.2

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496418
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496363
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core-ra
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31647
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31996
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-13.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:198
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30878
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235822

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