CVE-2008-4474

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freeradius-dialupadmin in freeradius 2.0.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on tempo

freeradius-dialupadmin in freeradius 2.0.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files in (1) backup_radacct, (2) clean_radacct, (3) monthly_tot_stats, (4) tot_stats, and (5) truncate_radacct.

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.00028

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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Affected Products & Versions

freeradiusall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

7.2

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD07 Oct 2008 · 09:11 PM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10767-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496389

http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/freeradius-dialupadmin

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00271.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/32170

http://secunia.com/advisories/33151

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http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30901

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770

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