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CVE-2008-4937

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 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: yes
• Published: 2008-11-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

senddoc in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/log.obr.##### temporary file.

Affected products

• Openoffice.Org: 2.4.1

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/496361
• http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openoffice.org-common
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32856
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33140
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml
• http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:070
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30925
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/235824

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