FKIE_CVE-2008-5703
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-12-22 15:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:00
Severity
Summary
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.
References
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:00:50.483",
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