CVE-2008-3931: R Foundation R

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

javareconf in R 2.7.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• R Foundation R: version 2.7.2 only

Published 2008-09-04. Last modified 2026-06-16.