CVE-2008-3524

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 26th percentile. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 2.04.7Medium EPSS percentile26th0.3% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published 2008-09-29Updated 2026-04-23Sources: CVE.org, NVD

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What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

rc.sysinit in initscripts before 8.76.3-1 on Fedora 9 and other Linux platforms allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file or directory under (1) /var/lock or (2) /var/run.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS26th

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 26th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

6 events over 6478 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-06-25OpenVAS check added
2026-04-23Patch availablerecord updated
2008-09-29Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

redhatcommercial · USaka red hat
- fedoraOn-premOperating Systems / linux-distro
- initscriptsOn-premOperating Systems / linux-distro

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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

Scored 4.7 by NVD.

How it is reached

Access Vector LocalRequires local access
Access Complexity MediumSome conditions must be met
Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality NoneNo confidentiality impact
Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
Availability CompleteTotal shutdown of the affected resource

Weaknesses

CWE-59No name in the record

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

CollectionT1005Data from Local Systemmedium confidence
DiscoveryT1083File and Directory Discoverymedium confidence

Sources

References in the record

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