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medium 6.9

CVE-2008-5373 json

mtx-changer.Adic-Scalar-24 in bacula-common 2.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mtx.#####…

published 2008-12-08 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5350

cvss
6.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

mtx-changer.Adic-Scalar-24 in bacula-common 2.4.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/mtx.##### temporary file, probably a related issue to CVE-2005-2995.

Patch / fix

  • bacula Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.4.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2008-5373

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-5373 updated cvss 5.6

bacula-common: Insecure temporary file use in autochangers (symlink attack)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 bacula-client, bacula-common, bacula-console, bacula-console-bat, bacula-traymonitor, bacula-storage-mysql, +7 more
    affected: no fix available

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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