PT-2008-6230

CVE-2008-5076

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Published

2008-11-14

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Updated

2023-10-06

Description by

CVSS 2.0
4.6
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions htop version 0.7
Description The issue allows local users to potentially hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact by utilizing a process name that contains non-printable characters, referred to as "crazy control strings."
Recommendations For htop version 0.7, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as the current version may allow malicious process names to cause unintended consequences. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ALT-PU-2014-2037
ALT-PU-2023-6111
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