CVE-2008-5703
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.3% (22th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5674)
- Published
- December 22, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5674 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gpsdrive / gpsdrive
- gpsdrive / gpsdrive
- gpsdrive / gpsdrive
- gpsdrive / gpsdrive
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508597
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/15
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31694
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33825
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2121124&group_id=148048&atid=770280
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32887
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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