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CVE-2008-4477

• 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: 2008-10-08 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

alert.d/test.alert in mon 0.99.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the test.alert.log temporary file.

Affected products

• Jim Trocki Mon: 0.99.2

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mon
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32183
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:214
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31597
• http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1648
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45738
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mon

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