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CVE-2008-4190

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4 EPSS 1.11% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-09-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2008-4190
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.4
EPSS
1.11%

Original NVD Description

The IPSEC livetest tool in Openswan 2.4.12 and earlier, and 2.6.x through 2.6.16, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on the (1) ipseclive.conn and (2) ipsec.olts.remote.log temporary files. NOTE: in many distributions and the upstream version, this tool has been disabled.