CVE-2008-4636

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

yast2-backup 2.14.2 through 2.16.6 on SUSE Linux and Novell Linux allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the backup process.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-78

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00003.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/50284Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32832Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32464Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46879Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00003.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/50284Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32832Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32464Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46879Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published: Nov 27, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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