CVE-2008-4406

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: 2008-10-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

A certain Debian patch to the run scripts for sabre (aka xsabre) 0.2.4b allows local users to delete or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified .tmp files.

Affected products

Debian Xsabre: 0.2.4b

References

http://bugs.debian.org/433996
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/01/1
http://osvdb.org/48895
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31512
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45609
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45715
http://bugs.debian.org/433996
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/01/1
http://osvdb.org/48895
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31512
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45609
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45715

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