CVE-2008-2378

high

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in hfkernel in hf 0.7.3 and 0.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse killall program in a directory in the PATH, related to improper handling of the -k option.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46806

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32421

http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1668

http://secunia.com/advisories/32855

http://secunia.com/advisories/32831

http://osvdb.org/50231

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504182

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-26

Updated: 2017-08-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H