Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 7, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2008-4995

Description

redirect.pl in bk2site 1.1.9 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/redirect.log temporary file. NOTE: this vulnerability is only limited to debug mode, which is disabled by default.

Affected products

Jose M.vidal/Bk2site
cpe:2.3:a:jose_m.vidal:bk2site:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/bk2sitenvdExploit
bugs.debian.org/496430nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2nvd
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46543nvd

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