Back
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)…
Medium6.9EPSS 0.45%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (10)
- gpsdrive-geocode-symlink(44759) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-1366 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/496436 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30905 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gpsdrive-scripts (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31694 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33825 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Badge for a README or a ticket
[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-4959)Record last updated .