CVE-2008-4192
The pserver_shutdown function in fence_egenera in cman 2.20080629 and 2.20080801 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a…
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- mitre
Description
The pserver_shutdown function in fence_egenera in cman 2.20080629 and 2.20080801 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/eglog temporary file.
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.
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Adobe Flash Player - AVM Verification Logic Array Indexing Code Execution (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19295remote, windowspublished 20 Jun 2012Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 days later
· 6 days 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 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.71% · top 46% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (18)
- 30898 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 32390 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/cman (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 32387 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31887 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- cman-fenceegenera-symlink(44845) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0419 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- USN-875-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460476 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080918 CVE Request (openswan, emacspeak, cman) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080923 Re: CVE Request (openswan, emacspeak, cman) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496410 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-9042 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 43362 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0266 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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-2008-4175 (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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