# CVE-2008-2366: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can escalate privileges by placing a malicious library in the current working directory due to insecure RPATH configuration in OpenOffice.org.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.4 (`AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Jun 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vcfc-hhf9-89j5

## What is CVE-2008-2366?

CVE-2008-2366 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jun 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in a certain Red Hat build script for OpenOffice.org (OOo) 1.1.x on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 3 and 4 allows local users to gain privileges via a malicious library in the current working directory, related to incorrect quoting of the ORIGIN symbol for use in the RPATH library path.

Weakness: CWE-16

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-2366?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Openoffice Openoffice.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-2366?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2008-2366 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2366 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-4575](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-4575/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2007-0245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0245/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2007-0238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0238/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2007-0239](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-0239/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2006-5870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5870/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-2366 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-2366 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Jun 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-2366 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2366/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2366/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2366
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2366
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2366

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