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CVE-2008-5703

Date: December 22, 2008

gpsdrive (aka gpsdrive-scripts) 2.10~pre4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/.smswatch or (b) /tmp/gpsdrivepos temporary file, related to (1) examples/gpssmswatch and (2) src/splash.c, different vectors than CVE-2008-4959 and CVE-2008-5380.

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Related Resources (9)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/15
http://secunia.com/advisories/31694
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2121124&group_id=148048&atid=770280
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/33825
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32887
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508597
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5703
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-5703

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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