Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2008-4937 is a local file-overwrite issue in OpenOffice.org 2.4.1's senddoc helper. A local user could abuse unsafe temporary-file handling in /tmp to make the program overwrite another file. This is not described as remotely exploitable in the provided sources. Exposure is most likely on legacy Linux or Unix systems running affected OpenOffice.org packages, especially shared systems where untrusted local users have accounts. The source bundle does not identify modern affected products. Treat this as a legacy exposure cleanup item unless affected shared systems are still in use. It is local-only based on provided evidence, but arbitrary file overwrite can matter on multi-user hosts. Mitigation focus: Identify systems running OpenOffice.org 2.4.1 or affected distro packages.; Apply vendor updates referenced by Ubuntu, Gentoo, Mandriva, or other relevant advisories.; Replace unsupported OpenOffice.org installations with maintained software..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- openoffice-senddoc-symlink(44829)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/235824CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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