CVE-2008-3278
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 7, 2019 at 10:43 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsFryskEnterprise LinuxFrysk
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
frysk packages through 2008-08-05 as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 are built with an insecure RPATH set in the ELF header of multiple binaries in /usr/bin/f* (e.g. fcore, fcatch, fstack, fstep, ...) shipped in the package. A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability by running arbitrary code as another user.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3278x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-3278x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-3278CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-1188
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