alert.d/test.alert in mon 0.99.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a…
Priority LOW 32CWE-59Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- 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
alert.d/test.alert in mon 0.99.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the test.alert.log temporary file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00367 30th 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
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:jim_trocki:mon:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.99.2 | Vulnerable | Jim Trocki |
- cpe:2.3:a:jim_trocki:mon:0.99.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.99.2 Vulnerable ·Jim Trocki
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2008-4477
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5p32-vrmx-q8c6
References
Advisory 2
Other 5
- [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/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=496398
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/mon
Sources
- CVE-2008-4477 · CVE Program
- CVE-2008-4477 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5p32-vrmx-q8c6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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