{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5299 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2008-5299 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2008-5299 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2008-5299 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Dec 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-5299 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5299/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5299/index.md)","id":"CVE-2008-5299","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5299/index.md","name":"CVE-2008-5299","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-q25w-jh9x-m6rx"],"analysis":{"component_type":"developer_tool","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"CHM to PDF converter","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Local attackers can delete arbitrary files via symlink attacks in temporary directories when users process CHM files.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"chm2pdf","vendor":"karakas-online"}],"cvss":{"score":6.9,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-59","name":"Improper Link Resolution Before File Access"}],"description":"chm2pdf 0.9 allows user-assisted local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on .chm files in the (1) /tmp/chm2pdf/work or (2) /tmp/chm2pdf/orig temporary directories.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-5299","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2008"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-5300"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Race condition in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-5298"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2008-12-01","related":[{"cvss_score":2.1,"headline":"Race condition in n/a","id":"CVE-2008-5298","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2008-12-01"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can delete arbitrary files via symlink attacks in temporary directories when users process CHM files.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-5299/"}