CVE-2008-4636

7.2

CVSS v2.0 Base Score

0.47%

LOW RiskEPSS (39th percentile)

yast2-backup 2.14.2 through 2.16.6 on SUSE Linux and Novell Linux allows local users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters in filenames used by the backup process.

Published: 11/27/2008

Modified: 6/16/2026

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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

7.2

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.47%LOW Exploitation Risk

39th percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.47% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 39% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

CWE-78

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