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MEDIUM CVSS 2.0
CVE-2008-3928
Honeyd Symlink File Overwrite Vulnerability
Description

test.sh in Honeyd 1.5c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 4, 2008, 6:41 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 9, 2025, 12:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2008-3928 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian honeyd_common
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • All Honeyd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/honeyd-1.5c-r1'
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2008-3928.

URL Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496365
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/honeyd-common
http://secunia.com/advisories/31658 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33141 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-12.xml
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30874
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44735
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496365
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/honeyd-common
http://secunia.com/advisories/31658 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33141 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-12.xml
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30874
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44735
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2008-3928 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2008-3928 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2008-3928 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2008-3928 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496365
    Added Reference http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/honeyd-common
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/31658
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/33141
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-12.xml
    Added Reference http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30874
    Added Reference https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44735
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/44735 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44735 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 05, 2008

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.9
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.03 }} 0.00%

score

0.06443

percentile