CVE-2008-4554

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 15 Oct 2008, 19:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 10:17

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
18/100
CVSS Score
4.6 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.06% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

15 Oct 2008, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 10:17
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The do_splice_from function in fs/splice.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27 does not reject file descriptors that have the O_APPEND flag set, which allows local users to bypass append mode and make arbitrary changes to other locations in the file.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.06%• Percentile: 20%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 2.6.26.5 | 2.2.27 | 2.4.36 | 2.4.36.1 | 2.4.36.2 | 2.4.36.3 | 2.4.36.4 | 2.4.36.5 | 2.4.36.6 | 2.6 | 2.6.18 | 2.6.18:rc1 | 2.6.18:rc2 | 2.6.18:rc3 | 2.6.18:rc4 | 2.6.18:rc5 | 2.6.18:rc6 | 2.6.18:rc7 | 2.6.19.4 | 2.6.19.5 | 2.6.19.6 | 2.6.19.7 | 2.6.20.16 | 2.6.20.17 | 2.6.20.18 | 2.6.20.19 | 2.6.20.20 | 2.6.20.21 | 2.6.21.5 | 2.6.21.6 | 2.6.21.7 | 2.6.22 | 2.6.22.1 | 2.6.22.2 | 2.6.22.8 | 2.6.22.9 | 2.6.22.10 | 2.6.22.11 | 2.6.22.12 | 2.6.22.13 | 2.6.22.14 | 2.6.22.15 | 2.6.22.17 | 2.6.22.18 | 2.6.22.19 | 2.6.22.20 | 2.6.22.21 | 2.6.22.22 | 2.6.22_rc1 | 2.6.22_rc7 | 2.6.23 | 2.6.23.8 | 2.6.23.9 | 2.6.23.10 | 2.6.23.11 | 2.6.23.12 | 2.6.23.13 | 2.6.23.15 | 2.6.23.16 | 2.6.23.17 | 2.6.23_rc1 | 2.6.24 | 2.6.24.1 | 2.6.24.2 | 2.6.24.3 | 2.6.24.4 | 2.6.24.5 | 2.6.24.6 | 2.6.24.7 | 2.6.24_rc1 | 2.6.24_rc4 | 2.6.24_rc5 | 2.6.25 | 2.6.25.1 | 2.6.25.2 | 2.6.25.3 | 2.6.25.4 | 2.6.25.5 | 2.6.25.6 | 2.6.25.7 | 2.6.25.8 | 2.6.25.9 | 2.6.25.10 | 2.6.25.11 | 2.6.25.12 | 2.6.25.13 | 2.6.25.14 | 2.6.25.15 | 2.6.26:rc4 | 2.6.26.1 | 2.6.26.2 | 2.6.26.3 | 2.6.26.4

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