CVE-2008-2266

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2266
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-05-16 12:54:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionuulib/uunconc.c in UUDeview 0.5.20, as used in nzbget before 0.3.0 and possibly other products, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary filename generated by the tempnam function. NOTE: this may be a CVE-2004-2265 regression.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nzbget Nzbget 0.1.0a All All All
Application Nzbget Nzbget 0.1.1 All All All
Application Nzbget Nzbget 0.1.2 All All All
Application Nzbget Nzbget 0.2.0 All All All
Application Nzbget Nzbget 0.2.1 All All All
Application Nzbget Nzbget All All All All
Application Uudeview Uudeview 0.5.20 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
UUDeview Insecure Temporary File Creation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: uudeview af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - Re: CVE id request: uudeview af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
#480972 - CVE-2008-2266 vulnerable to symlink attacks - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
UUDeview Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- UUDeview: Insecure temporary file creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Gentoo update for uudeview and nzbget - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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