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CVE-2008-4937 (GCVE-0-2008-4937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-11-05 14:51 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI
Summary
senddoc in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.4.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/log.obr.##### temporary file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/op… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://bugs.gentoo.org/235824 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/33140 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Date Public
2008-08-11 00:00
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    "redhat_vex": {
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:14:24+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2008-4937",
      "id": "CVE-2008-4937",
      "initial_release_date": "2008-08-24T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "openoffice.org-core: Insecure temporary file usage",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2008/cve-2008-4937.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:06:38Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2008-4937",
      "id": "CVE-2008-4937",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:06:38Z",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2008-4937",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2008-4937.json",
      "version": "2"
    }
  }
}



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