CVE-2008-4936

Exp

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.

Published: 2008-11-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-4936 is rated Exploit Available (54.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-4936

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-4936

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.41% +0.37%
2 2023-03-07 1.28% 0.04% -1.24%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.28% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-4936

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.9 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.4 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-4936

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-4936

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2008-4936 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (mgetty), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4936
gentoo normal CVE-2008-4936: 1 GLSA(s) (200812-08), 1 atom(s) (net-dialup/mgetty); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-4936
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4936
ubuntu low CVE-2008-4936 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mgetty), 11 status rows across 11 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-4936

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2008-4936

  • Red Hat (2008-11-06T00:00:00)

    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of mgetty as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5, as they include patch that resolves this issue.

  • Mandriva (2008-12-09T00:00:00)

    This issue was fixed on May 5, 2003 for all Mandriva Linux products.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-4936

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gert_doering mgetty 1.1.36 cpe:2.3:a:gert_doering:mgetty:1.1.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-4936

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