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CVE-2008-5147

test-pipe-to-pyodconverter.org.sh in docvert 2.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files...

6.9 Medium

CVE-2008-5147 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.9) in Holloway Docvert, published November 18, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 30th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?
Severity
6.9 MediumCVSS 2.0, NVD
Exploit chance
0.36%EPSS, 30th percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
No fix listedNo source names one

Description

test-pipe-to-pyodconverter.org.sh in docvert 2.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/outer.odt temporary file.

Exploit likelihood

0.36%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

What each source reports

NVD Score used6.9

test-pipe-to-pyodconverter.org.sh in docvert 2.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/outer.odt temporary file.

Record
CVE-2008-5147
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 ListNo score

test-pipe-to-pyodconverter.org.sh in docvert 2.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/outer.odt temporary file.

Record
CVE-2008-5147
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-5126No score

test-pipe-to-pyodconverter.org.sh in docvert 2.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/outer.odt temporary file.

Record
EUVD-2008-5126
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vggf-rh6p-w6xjNo score

test-pipe-to-pyodconverter.org.sh in docvert 2.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files...

test-pipe-to-pyodconverter.org.sh in docvert 2.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/outer.odt temporary file.

Record
GHSA-vggf-rh6p-w6xj
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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References

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