{"cve":"CVE-2008-4579","nvd":{"published":"2008-10-15T20:08:02.730","modified":"2026-06-16T22:58:06.383","status":"Modified","description":"The (1) fence_apc and (2) fence_apc_snmp programs, as used in (a) fence 2.02.00-r1 and possibly (b) cman, when running in verbose mode, allows local users to append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the apclog temporary file.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=240576","http://secunia.com/advisories/32387","http://secunia.com/advisories/32390","http://secunia.com/advisories/36530","http://secunia.com/advisories/43362"],"products":["gentoo:cman","gentoo:fence"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4579","score":0.00352,"percentile":0.28878,"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."]}