CVE-2008-4553

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-10-15 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

qemu-make-debian-root in qemu 0.9.1-5 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files and directories.

Affected products

QEMU: 0.9.1-5

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496394
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/qemu
http://secunia.com/advisories/32335
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1657
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/13/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/14/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30931
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235826
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44831

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