Vulnerability in Gpsdrive
CVE-2008-5380
gpsdrive (aka gpsdrive-scripts) 2.09 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an (a) /tmp/geo#####, a (b) /tmp/geocaching.loc, a (c) /tmp/geo#####.*, or a (d) /tmp/geo.* temporary file, related to the (1) geo-code and (2) geo-nearest scripts, different vectors than CVE-2008-4959.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (20.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gpsdrive — versions 2.09
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/31694 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/33825 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html (mailing-list)