CVE-2008-4937

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4937
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-11-05 15:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-08 01:33:00 UTC
Descriptionsenddoc in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/log.obr.##### temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.4.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.4.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Bug 235824 - app-office/openoffice < 3.0.0 insecure temp file usage (CVE-2008-4937) CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:070 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
235770 – (debian-tempfile) [Tracker] Tempfile issues found in Debian CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org
OpenOffice 'senddoc' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA33140 - Gentoo update for openoffice and openoffice-bin - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found CONFIRM dev.gentoo.org Exploit
Ubuntu update for openoffice.org - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#496361 - The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt MISC uvw.ru
OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
oss-security - CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire MLIST www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-677-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-677-2: OpenOffice.org Internationalization update | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.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 Hat2008-11-06Tomas HogerNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of OpenOffice.org as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.
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