CVE-2008-5703

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

22/12/2008

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.20 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

6.20

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gpsdrive:gpsdrive::pre2::::::*		2.10 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gpsdrive:gpsdrive:1.32:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:gpsdrive:gpsdrive:1.33:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:gpsdrive:gpsdrive:2.09:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2008-5703

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools