VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-3791
src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rot.jpg temporary file.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.34%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rot.jpg temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- lxde/lightweight x11 desktop environment
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495968
- http://lxde.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lxde?view=rev&sortby=date&revision=845
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2019481&group_id=180858&atid=894869
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/5
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495968
- http://lxde.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lxde?view=rev&sortby=date&revision=845
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2019481&group_id=180858&atid=894869
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/5
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.