What is CVE-2008-4210?

CVE-2008-4210 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264). CVE-2008-4210 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-4210?

CVE-2008-4210 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-4210?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2008-4210 patch availability.

Is CVE-2008-4210 actively exploited?

CVE-2008-4210 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control (CWE-264)?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

CVE-2008-4210

Medium

fs/open.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 does not properly strip setuid and setgid bits when there is a write to a file, which allows local users to gain the privileges of a different group, and obtain sensitive information or possibly have unspecified other impact, by creating an executable file in a setgid directory through the (1) truncate or (2) ftruncate function in conjunction with memory-mapped I/O.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2008-09-29

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.6

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-264

CVE-2008-4210 is a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control vulnerability

What is Permissions, Privileges and Access Control?

Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and access controls. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

31 total

Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31368

Exploit
Kernel.org
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8420
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.26.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=7b82dc0e64e93f430182f36b46b79fcee87d3532
Kernel.org
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22
Lists
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00007.html

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2008-4210

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.6 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2008-09-29

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-4210?

CVE-2008-4210 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10 , classified as a Permissions, Privileges and Access Control flaw (CWE-264) . CVE-2008-4210 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-4210?

CVE-2008-4210 has a CVSS score of 4.6 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2008-4210?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2008-4210 patch availability.
Is CVE-2008-4210 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2008-4210 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.