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CVE-2008-1951

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.38%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-06-25 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-1951
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.38%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for Standards Based Linux Instrumentation for Manageability (sblim) libraries before 1-13a.el4_6.1 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4, and before 1-31.el5_2.1 in RHEL 5, allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in a certain subdirectory of /var/tmp, related to an incorrect RPATH setting, as demonstrated by a malicious libc.so library for tog-pegasus.