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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2008-3931

javareconf in R 2.7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Publish Date : 2008-09-04 Last Update Date : 2017-08-07
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
6.9
Confidentiality Impact Complete (There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.)
Integrity Impact Complete (There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity Medium (The access conditions are somewhat specialized. Some preconditions must be satistified to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access Admin
Vulnerability Type(s)
CWE ID 59

- Products Affected By CVE-2008-3931

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 Application R Foundation R 2.7.2 Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
R Foundation R 1

- References For CVE-2008-3931

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44736
XF r-javareconf-symlink(44736)
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 CONFIRM
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235822 CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:198
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2008:198
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
MLIST [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30878
BID 30878 R 'javareconf' Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability Release Date:2008-09-22
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core-ra CONFIRM
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/r-base-core CONFIRM
http://bugs.debian.org/496418 CONFIRM
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496363 CONFIRM
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-13.xml
GENTOO GLSA-200809-13

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2008-3931

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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