CVE-2008-4937
N/A
Published: November 5, 2008 at 02:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:58 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenoffice.org
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/openoffice.org-commonThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/32856Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/33140Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:070Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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