MEDIUM
gpsdrive: geo-code insecure temporary file use
Published Nov 5, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
Description
geo-code in gpsdrive-scripts 2.10~pre4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/geo.google, (2) /tmp/geo.yahoo, (3) /tmp/geo.coords, and (4) /tmp/geo#####.coords temporary files.
Affected products
No data.
- 2.10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.45% 0.00450
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00450
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00450) | 36.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00450) | 35.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.01% (0.00010) | 0.61th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://bugs.debian.org/496436 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gpsdrive-scripts x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31694 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33825 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30905 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4959 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470241 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44759 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4959
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4959
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/496436 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gpsdrive-scripts | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31694 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33825 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30905 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4959 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=470241 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44759 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4959 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4959 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 5, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 5, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4959
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a