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CVE-2008-5142

sendbug in freebsd-sendpr 3.113+5.3 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary...

6.9 Medium

sendbug in freebsd-sendpr 3.113+5.3 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pr.##### temporary file.

Exploit likelihood

0.38%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.9

sendbug in freebsd-sendpr 3.113+5.3 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pr.##### temporary file.

Record
CVE-2008-5142
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

sendbug in freebsd-sendpr 3.113+5.3 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pr.##### temporary file.

Record
CVE-2008-5142
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-5121 No score

sendbug in freebsd-sendpr 3.113+5.3 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pr.##### temporary file.

Record
EUVD-2008-5121
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jwhf-g3hg-w2gv No score

sendbug in freebsd-sendpr 3.113+5.3 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary...

sendbug in freebsd-sendpr 3.113+5.3 on Debian GNU/Linux allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/pr.##### temporary file.

Record
GHSA-jwhf-g3hg-w2gv
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

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In short

CVE-2008-5142 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Freebsd Freebsd-sendpr, published November 18, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.38%, the 32nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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