Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 6, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-4982

Description

rkhunter in rkhunter 1.3.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rkhunter-debug temporary file. NOTE: this is probably a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1270.

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Affected products

John Horne/Rkhunter
cpe:2.3:a:john_horne:rkhunter:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Rkhunter/rkhunterllm-create
Range: <1.3.2
osv-coords
pkg:rpm/opensuse/rkhunter&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
Range: < 1.4.6-5.6

Patches

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References

dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/rkhunternvdExploit
bugs.debian.org/496375nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2nvd
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46511nvd

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