{"cve":"CVE-2008-0884","nvd":{"published":"2008-04-04T00:44:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:50:32.427","status":"Modified","description":"The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-732"],"references":["http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0193.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/29642","http://securitytracker.com/id?1019740","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28557","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435442"],"products":["redhat:enterprise_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-0884","score":0.00361,"percentile":0.29919,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}