{"cve":"CVE-2008-5299","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-01T15:30:03.890","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:39.953","status":"Modified","description":"chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or (2) /tmp/chm2pdf/orig temporary directories.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html","http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/32257","http://secunia.com/advisories/43109"],"products":["karakas-online:chm2pdf"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5299","score":0.00317,"percentile":0.24665,"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."]}