MEDIUM
xastir: Insecure auxiliary /tmp file usage (symlink attack possible)
Published Nov 6, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.42%
Description
xastir 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/ldconfig.tmp, (b) /tmp/ldconf.tmp, and (c) /tmp/ld.so.conf temporary files, related to the (1) get-maptools.sh and (2) get_shapelib.sh scripts.
Affected products
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.
0.42% 0.00416
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00416
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 2, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 33.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.42% (0.00416) | 33.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00029) | 5.20th | 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) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (15)
- http://bugs.debian.org/496383 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
- http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xastir x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31677 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31771 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/31030 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4987 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=460429 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44920 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4987
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4987
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00199.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00307.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 6, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 6, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4987
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a