CVE-2008-3294

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-3294
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-24 18:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionsrc/configure.in in Vim 5.0 through 7.1, when used for a build with Python support, does not ensure that the Makefile-conf temporary file has the intended ownership and permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying this file during a time window, or by creating it ahead of time with permissions that prevent its modification by configure.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Vim Vim 5.0 All All All
Application Vim Vim 5.1 All All All
Application Vim Vim 5.2 All All All
Application Vim Vim 5.3 All All All
Application Vim Vim 5.4 All All All
Application Vim Vim 5.5 All All All
Application Vim Vim 5.6 All All All
Application Vim Vim 5.7 All All All
Application Vim Vim 5.8 All All All
Application Vim Vim 6.0 All All All
Application Vim Vim 6.1 All All All
Application Vim Vim 6.2 All All All
Application Vim Vim 6.3 All All All
Application Vim Vim 6.4 All All All
Application Vim Vim 7.0 All All All
Application Vim Vim 7.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: Vim: Insecure Temporary File Creation During Build: Arbitrary Code Execution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Vim configure.in Insecure Temporary Files - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494535/100/0/threaded af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About Security Update 2008-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494736/100/0/threaded af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2008-10-09 Security Update 2008-007 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X 2008-007 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-07-25Tomas HogerThis issue can only be exploited during the package build and it does not affect users of pre-built packages distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Therefore, we do not plan to backport a fix for this issue to already released version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5.

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