{"cve":"CVE-2008-4953","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-05T15:00:15.273","modified":"2026-06-16T22:58:50.030","status":"Modified","description":"firehol in firehol 1.256 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/.firehol-tmp-#####-*-* and (2) /tmp/firehol.conf temporary files.  NOTE: the vendor disputes this vulnerability, stating that an attack \"would require an attacker to create 1073741824*PID-RANGE symlinks.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/496424","http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/firehol","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2","https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770","http://bugs.debian.org/496424"],"products":["firehol:firehol"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4953","score":0.0031,"percentile":0.23833,"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."]}