CVE-2008-2378
N/A
Published: November 26, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorHf
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in hfkernel in hf 0.7.3 and 0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse killall program in a directory in the PATH, related to improper handling of the -k option.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32831Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32855Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1668VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46806Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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