CVE-2008-4640

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4640
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-21 18:00:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe DoCommand function in jhead.c in Matthias Wandel jhead 2.84 and earlier allows local users to delete arbitrary files via vectors involving a modified input filename in which (1) a final "z" character is replaced by a "t" character or (2) a final "t" character is replaced by a "z" character.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-20 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sentex Jhead 1.2 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 1.3 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 1.4 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 1.5 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 1.6 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 1.7 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 1.8 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 1.9 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 2.0 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 2.1 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 2.2 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 2.3 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 2.4 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 2.4-1 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 2.4-2 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 2.5 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 2.6 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 2.7 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead 2.8 All All All
Application Sentex Jhead All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE request: jhead af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: jhead af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug #271020 “jhead: multiple security vulnerabilities” : Bugs : “jhead” package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
jhead 'DoCommand()' Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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