CVE-2008-5393

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-12-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

UPR-Kernel in Ubuntu Privacy Remix (UPR) before 8.04_r1 includes kernel support for mounting RAID arrays, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended isolation mechanisms by (1) reading from or (2) writing to these arrays.

Affected products

Privacy-Cd Unbuntu Privacy Remix: through 8.04

References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4696
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498905/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32629
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301285
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47082
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4696
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498905/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32629
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/301285
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47082

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