7.2

CVE-2008-5397: tor

CVSS: 7.2v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5397
Published 09-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5397 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in tor. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Tor before 0.2.0.32 does not properly process the (1) User and (2) Group configuration options, which might allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging unintended supplementary group memberships of the Tor process.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

28%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • tor< 0.2.0.32-1
Tor1 product
  • tor≤ 0.1.2.31 | 0.0.2 | 0.0.2_pre13 | 0.0.2_pre14 | 0.0.2_pre15 | 0.0.2_pre16 | 0.0.2_pre17 | 0.0.2_pre18 | 0.0.2_pre19 | 0.0.2_pre20 | 0.0.2_pre21 | 0.0.2_pre22 | 0.0.2_pre23 | 0.0.2_pre24 | 0.0.2_pre25 | 0.0.2_pre26 | 0.0.2_pre27 | 0.0.3 | 0.0.4 | 0.0.5 | 0.0.6 | 0.0.6.1 | 0.0.6.2 | 0.0.7 | 0.0.7.1 | 0.0.7.2 | 0.0.7.3 | 0.0.8 | 0.0.8.1 | 0.0.9 | 0.0.9.1 | 0.0.9.2 | 0.0.9.3 | 0.0.9.4 | 0.0.9.5 | 0.0.9.6 | 0.0.9.7 | 0.0.9.8 | 0.0.9.9 | 0.0.9.10 | 0.1.0.1 | 0.1.0.2 | 0.1.0.3 | 0.1.0.4 | 0.1.0.5 | 0.1.0.6 | 0.1.0.7 | 0.1.0.8 | 0.1.0.9 | 0.1.0.10 | 0.1.0.11 | 0.1.0.12 | 0.1.0.13 | 0.1.0.14 | 0.1.0.15 | 0.1.0.16 | 0.1.0.17 | 0.1.0.18 | 0.1.0.19 | 0.1.1.1 | 0.1.1.1_alpha | 0.1.1.2 | 0.1.1.2_alpha | 0.1.1.3 | 0.1.1.3_alpha | 0.1.1.4 | 0.1.1.4_alpha | 0.1.1.5 | 0.1.1.5_alpha | 0.1.1.6 | 0.1.1.6_alpha | 0.1.1.7 | 0.1.1.7_alpha | 0.1.1.8 | 0.1.1.8_alpha | 0.1.1.9 | 0.1.1.9_alpha | 0.1.1.10 | 0.1.1.10_alpha | 0.1.1.11 | 0.1.1.12 | 0.1.1.13 | 0.1.1.14 | 0.1.1.15 | 0.1.1.16 | 0.1.1.17 | 0.1.1.18 | 0.1.1.19 | 0.1.1.20 | 0.1.1.21 | 0.1.1.22 | 0.1.1.23 | 0.1.1.26 | 0.1.2.1_alpha-cvs | 0.1.2.14 | 0.1.2.15 | 0.1.2.17 | 0.1.2.18 | 0.1.2.19 | 0.1.2.30

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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