CVE-2008-1614

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1614
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-02 16:44:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionsuPHP before 0.6.3 allows local users to gain privileges via (1) a race condition that involves multiple symlink changes to point a file owned by a different user, or (2) a symlink to the directory of a different user, which is used to determine privileges.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sebastian Marsching Suphp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: mod_suphp-0.6.3-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian update for suphp - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[suPHP] SECURITY ISSUE: Immediate update advised af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.marsching.biz
suPHP Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1550-1 suphp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Bug 439687 – CVE-2008-1614 mod_suphp: local privilege escalation through symlinks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
suPHP Race Condition Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: mod_suphp-0.6.3-1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Fedora update for mod_suphp - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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