{"cve":"CVE-2008-2958","nvd":{"published":"2008-07-01T22:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:54:49.440","status":"Modified","description":"Race condition in (1) checkinstall 1.6.1 and (2) installwatch allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and have other impacts via symlink and possibly other attacks on temporary working directories.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488140","http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/secure-testing-team/2008-June/001672.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/30873","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43440","http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488140"],"products":["checkinstall:checkinstall"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-2958","score":0.00283,"percentile":0.20907,"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."]}