{"cve":"CVE-2008-5256","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-27T00:30:00.297","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:34.983","status":"Modified","description":"The AcquireDaemonLock function in ipcdUnix.cpp in Sun Innotek VirtualBox before 2.0.6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/.vbox-$USER-ipc/lock temporary file.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504149","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/32851","http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-247326-1","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:011"],"products":["virtualox:virtualox"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5256","score":0.00351,"percentile":0.28768,"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."]}