CVE-2008-0884

mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.36% (30th) EPSS

CVSS 6.9 · medium

Is it mine?

6 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd · redhat_csaf

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The Replace function in the capp-lspp-config script in the (1) lspp-eal4-config-ibm and (2) capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages before 0.65-2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 uses lstat instead of stat to determine the /etc/pam.d/system-auth file permissions, leading to a change to world-writable permissions for the /etc/pam.d/system-auth-ac file, which allows local users to gain privileges by modifying this file.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedRHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
This update is available via the Red Hat FTP site. ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/eal/EAL4_RHEL5/IBM/RPMS/lspp-eal4-config-ibm-0.65-2.el5.noarch.rpm ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/eal/EAL4_RHEL5/HP/RPMS/capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp-0.65-2.el5.noarch.rpm
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0193
FixedRHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-5redhat_csaf
This update is available via the Red Hat FTP site. ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/eal/EAL4_RHEL5/IBM/RPMS/lspp-eal4-config-ibm-0.65-2.el5.noarch.rpm ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/eal/EAL4_RHEL5/HP/RPMS/capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp-0.65-2.el5.noarch.rpm
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0193
FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5redhat_csaf
This update is available via the Red Hat FTP site. ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/eal/EAL4_RHEL5/IBM/RPMS/lspp-eal4-config-ibm-0.65-2.el5.noarch.rpm ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/eal/EAL4_RHEL5/HP/RPMS/capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp-0.65-2.el5.noarch.rpm
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0193
FixedRed Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)redhat_csaf
This update is available via the Red Hat FTP site. ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/eal/EAL4_RHEL5/IBM/RPMS/lspp-eal4-config-ibm-0.65-2.el5.noarch.rpm ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/eal/EAL4_RHEL5/HP/RPMS/capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp-0.65-2.el5.noarch.rpm
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0193

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.9–7.2

v2.06.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 10

v2.05.9mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · Red Hat Product Security US

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-732USprimaryCWE-732US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
redhat enterprise linux= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation
RHEV Hypervisor for RHEL-5all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::hypervisor
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)all versionsfixedredhat_csafUScpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5::client

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

RHSA-2008:0193Red Hat Security Advisory: lspp-eal4-config-ibm and capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp security update2008-04-01csaf · redhat_csafUS
Updated lspp-eal4-config-ibm and capp-lspp-eal4-config-hp packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd redhat_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-04-04modified 2026-06-16

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