sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink…
Priority LOW 30CWE-59Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Complete · Complete · Complete
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file. NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0035 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-4476
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-pqwf-5w9g-43wg
References
Other 7
- [debian-devel] 20080812 Re: Possible mass bug filing: The possibility of attack with the help of symlinks in some Debian packages
- http://bugs.debian.org/496405
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969
More Sympa vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-15946 The Sympa Community Sympa version prior to version 6.2.32 contains a Directory Traversal… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2012-02081 The archive management (arc_manage) page in wwsympa/wwsympa.fcgi.in in Sympa before… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-07491 Sympa 6.2.38 through 6.2.52 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2020-08817 Sympa before 6.2.56 allows privilege escalation. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-16310 Sympa through 6.2.57b.2 allows a local privilege escalation from the sympa user account… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-21568 Sympa before 6.2.62 relies on a cookie parameter for certain security objectives, but… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2008-4476 · CVE Program
- CVE-2008-4476 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pqwf-5w9g-43wg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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