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CVE-2008-4475

• 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: 2008-10-07 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

ibackup 2.27 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• GNU Ibackup: 2.27

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496432
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496464
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/ibackup
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00271.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45852
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496432
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496464
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/ibackup
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00271.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

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