CVE-2008-4474

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2008-10-07 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

freeradius-dialupadmin in freeradius 2.0.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in (1) backup_radacct, (2) clean_radacct, (3) monthly_tot_stats, (4) tot_stats, and (5) truncate_radacct.

Affected products

freeradius: 2.0.4

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496389
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/freeradius-dialupadmin
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00271.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32170
http://secunia.com/advisories/33151
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30901
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496389
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/freeradius-dialupadmin

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