CVE-2008-5299 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-5299

chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files...

Vulnerability Description

chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or (2) /tmp/chm2pdf/orig temporary directories.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

karakas-online

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Affected Software

chm2pdf
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9

Timeline

Official Publish: December 1st, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.