VDB
CVE-2008-4957
CVE-2008-4957
PUBLISHED
CVSS 6.900000095367432 MEDIUM
find_flags in Kitware GCC-XML (gccxml) 0.9.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.cxx temporary file.
EPSS 0.41% · 33.9th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
6.900000095367432
EPSS Score
0.41%
33.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| gccxml | gccxml | 0.9.0 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
Timeline
- Nov 5, 2008 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 15, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 30, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 22, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 14, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 31, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- [oss-security] 20081030 CVE requests: tempfile issues for aview, mgetty, openoffice, crossfire mailing-list
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 url
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gccxml url
- gccxml-findflags-symlink(46408) vdb
- http://bugs.debian.org/496391 url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4957 advisory