CVE-2008-4936

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on...

6.9 MediumFix available

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.

Exploit likelihood

0.41%Down 0.9 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.9

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.

Record: CVE-2008-4936
CVSS 2.0: 6.9 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.

Record: CVE-2008-4936
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2008-4915 No score

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.

Record: EUVD-2008-4915
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9r8x-j9wv-wvqv No score

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on...

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.

Record: GHSA-9r8x-j9wv-wvqv
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV No score

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.

Record: CVE-2008-4936
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2008-4936 No score

faxspool in mgetty 1.1.36 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/faxsp.##### temporary file.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4936
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11047-1 No score

g3utils-1.2.1-6.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the g3utils-1.2.1-6.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record: openSUSE-SU-2024:11047-1
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

gert doering mgetty

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`mgetty` Debian:12	before 1.1.36-1.3	1.1.36-1.3
`mgetty` Debian:13	before 1.1.36-1.3	1.1.36-1.3
`mgetty` Debian:14	before 1.1.36-1.3	1.1.36-1.3
`mgetty` openSUSE:Tumbleweed From an advisory covering 5 CVEs	before 1.2.1-6.2	1.2.1-6.2

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-4936 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Gert Doering Mgetty, published November 5, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 36th percentile. Fixed in mgetty 1.1.36-1.3.

References

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