CVE-2008-5394
shadow - privilege escalation
EPSS 0.08%
Description
/bin/login in shadow 4.0.18.1 in Debian GNU/Linux, and probably other Linux distributions, allows local users in the utmp group to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file referenced in a line (aka ut_line) field in a utmp entry.
How to fix CVE-2008-5394
To remediate CVE-2008-5394, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/shadow—upgrade to 1:4.1.1-6 or later
- Debian/shadow—upgrade to 1:4.0.18.1-7+etch1 or later
Is CVE-2008-5394 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1:4.1.1-6
- from 0, < 1:4.0.18.1-7+etch1