{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8108","details":"Unspecified tests in Lynis before 2.5.0 allow local users to write to arbitrary files or possibly gain privileges via a symlink attack on a temporary file.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:18Z","published":"2017-06-08T16:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-8108"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8108"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://cisofy.com/security/cve/cve-2017-8108/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/CISOfy/lynis/releases/tag/2.5.0"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJXMPYANXHI25NQZ36QMXNXANDRAA5YG/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJHLLWNW7NASVXCK24YBSIUQQPWGCMB5/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8108"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"lynis","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/lynis@2.1.1-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["2.1.1-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"2.1.1-1","binary_name":"lynis"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8108.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}