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CVE-2008-4998

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 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: 2008-11-07 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

postinst in twiki 4.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/twiki temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating "this bug is invalid.

Affected products

• Twiki: 4.1.2

References

• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494648
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235802
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494648
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235802

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