VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-4959
geo-code in gpsdrive-scripts 2.10~pre4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/geo.google, (2) /tmp/geo.yahoo, (3) /tmp/geo.coords, and (4) /tmp/geo#####.coords temporary files.
MEDIUM 6.9EPSS 0.45%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
geo-code in gpsdrive-scripts 2.10~pre4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/geo.google, (2) /tmp/geo.yahoo, (3) /tmp/geo.coords, and (4) /tmp/geo#####.coords temporary files.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.9 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- gpsdrive/gpsdrive-scripts
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/496436
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gpsdrive-scriptsExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33825
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30905
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44759
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/496436
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gpsdrive-scriptsExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33825
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30905
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44759
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.