{"cve":"CVE-2008-4476","nvd":{"published":"2008-10-07T21:11:38.590","modified":"2026-06-16T22:57:52.997","status":"Modified","description":"sympa.pl in sympa 5.3.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/sympa_aliases.$$ temporary file.  NOTE: wwsympa.fcgi was also reported, but the issue occurred in a dead function, so it is not a vulnerability.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/496405","http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=494969","http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/sympa","http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00312.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/31458"],"products":["sympa:sympa"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4476","score":0.0035,"percentile":0.28686,"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."]}