CVE-2008-4190
The IPSEC livetest tool in Openswan 2.4.12 and earlier, and 2.6.x through 2.6.16, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and…
- 4.4MediumCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 34% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The IPSEC livetest tool in Openswan 2.4.12 and earlier, and 2.6.x through 2.6.16, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the (1) ipseclive.conn and (2) ipsec.olts.remote.log temporary files. NOTE: in many distributions and the upstream version, this tool has been disabled.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Openswan 2.4.12/2.6.16 - Insecure Temp File Creation Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9135local, linuxpublished 13 Jul 2009Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 9135 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
15
- 34472 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460425 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20090309 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 34182 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20090310 Re: [ GLSA 200903-18 ] Openswan: Insecure temporary file creation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10078 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openswan (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31243 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 9135 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496374 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0402 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openswan-livetest-symlink(45250) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-1760 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-4173 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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