Vulnerability CVE-2008-5298
Published: 2008-12-01   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
chm2pdf 0.9 uses temporary files in directories with fixed names, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (chm2pdf failure) of other users by creating those directories ahead of time.

Type:

CWE-DesignError

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Karakas-online -> Chm2pdf 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/47030
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/45813
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0236
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31735
http://secunia.com/advisories/43109
http://secunia.com/advisories/32257
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053510.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053501.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501959
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