Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5366

Title: Marco D\'Itri Ppp

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-5366.

CWE Category CWE-59

Published Date Dec 08, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.38%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5366: The postinst script in ppp 2.4.4rel on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/probe-finished or (2) /tmp/ppp-errors temporary file.

Impacted Vendors

samba 1

marco_d\'itri 1

Reference Links

http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32740 http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00283.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32740

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5366 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 08, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.