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TI-2008-03373 Aliases CVE-2008-3524GHSA-wf5r-cxjr-47w7

rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows…

Priority LOW 22CWE-59Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-59 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file or directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00346 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9VulnerableRed Hat
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:initscripts:8.76.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.76.3VulnerableRed Hat
  • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9 Vulnerable ·Red Hat
  • cpe:2.3:a:redhat:initscripts:8.76.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.76.3 Vulnerable ·Red Hat

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-3524
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wf5r-cxjr-47w7

References

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • TI-2007-05701 Memory leak in a certain Red Hat patch, applied to vsftpd 2.0.5 on Red Hat Enterprise… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2007-04002 Directory traversal vulnerability in extract.c in star before 1.5a84 allows user-assisted… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2009-02935 Array index error in the gdth_read_event function in drivers/scsi/gdth.c in the Linux… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2011-00871 The seunshare_mount function in sandbox/seunshare.c in seunshare in certain Red Hat… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2018-13573 An issue has been found in JasPer 2.0.14. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
  • TI-2007-05991 The xmlCurrentChar function in libxml2 before 2.6.31 allows context-dependent attackers… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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