CVE-2008-4981 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

perl.robot in realtimebattle 1.0.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl.robot.log temporary file.

Published: 2008-11-06

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:remi_vanicat:realtimebattle:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2008-4960	perl.robot in realtimebattle 1.0.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl.robot.log temporary file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0039.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/496385
http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/realtimebattle-common
http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30967
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44882

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Remi Vanicat Realtimebattle

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-11-06T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:31:28.327Z

Reserved: 2008-11-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4981

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-11-06T15:55:52.213

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:58:52.970

Link: CVE-2008-4981

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

{"containers": {"cna": {"affected": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "datePublic": "2008-08-11T00:00:00.000Z", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "perl.robot in realtimebattle 1.0.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl.robot.log temporary file."}], "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"description": "n/a", "lang": "en", "type": "text"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"dateUpdated": "2017-08-07T12:57:01.000Z", "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "shortName": "mitre"}, "references": [{"name": "realtimebattlecommon-perlrobot-symlink(44882)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44882"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/496385"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC"], "url": "http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/realtimebattle-common"}, {"name": "30967", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30967"}], "x_legacyV4Record": {"CVE_data_meta": {"ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-4981", "STATE": "PUBLIC"}, "affects": {"vendor": {"vendor_data": [{"product": {"product_data": [{"product_name": "n/a", "version": {"version_data": [{"version_value": "n/a"}]}}]}, "vendor_name": "n/a"}]}}, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": {"description_data": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "perl.robot in realtimebattle 1.0.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl.robot.log temporary file."}]}, "problemtype": {"problemtype_data": [{"description": [{"lang": "eng", "value": "n/a"}]}]}, "references": {"reference_data": [{"name": "realtimebattlecommon-perlrobot-symlink(44882)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44882"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2"}, {"name": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770"}, {"name": "http://bugs.debian.org/496385", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/496385"}, {"name": "http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt"}, {"name": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/realtimebattle-common", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/realtimebattle-common"}, {"name": "30967", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30967"}]}}}, "adp": [{"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T10:31:28.327Z"}, "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [{"name": "realtimebattlecommon-perlrobot-symlink(44882)", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_XF", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44882"}, {"name": "[oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire", "tags": ["mailing-list", "x_refsource_MLIST", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/496385"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_MISC", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt"}, {"tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/realtimebattle-common"}, {"name": "30967", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_BID", "x_transferred"], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30967"}]}]}, "cveMetadata": {"assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca", "assignerShortName": "mitre", "cveId": "CVE-2008-4981", "datePublished": "2008-11-06T11:00:00.000Z", "dateReserved": "2008-11-06T00:00:00.000Z", "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T10:31:28.327Z", "state": "PUBLISHED"}, "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1"}

{"affected": [{"affectedData": [{"product": "n/a", "vendor": "n/a", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]}], "source": "cve@mitre.org"}], "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:remi_vanicat:realtimebattle:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "matchCriteriaId": "FC6F0CB4-3067-4778-9936-75B5901361E3", "vulnerable": true}], "negate": false, "operator": "OR"}]}], "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "perl.robot in realtimebattle 1.0.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/perl.robot.log temporary file."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "perl.robot en realtimebattle v1.0.8 permite a usuarios locales sobrescribir ficheros a su elecci\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de un ataque de enlace simulado en el fichero temporal /tmp/perl.robot.log."}], "id": "CVE-2008-4981", "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:58:52.970", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": {"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE", "baseScore": 6.9, "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE", "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C", "version": "2.0"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.4, "impactScore": 10.0, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2008-11-06T15:55:52.213", "references": [{"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/496385"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/realtimebattle-common"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30967"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770"}, {"source": "cve@mitre.org", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44882"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://bugs.debian.org/496385"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": ["Exploit"], "url": "http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/realtimebattle-common"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30967"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770"}, {"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44882"}], "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-59"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}