gpsdrive: Insecure temporary file use in geo-code, geo-nearest (symlink attack)
Published Dec 8, 2008
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.30%
Description
gpsdrive (aka gpsdrive-scripts) 2.09 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on an (a) /tmp/geo#####, a (b) /tmp/geocaching.loc, a (c) /tmp/geo#####.*, or a (d) /tmp/geo.* temporary file, related to the (1) geo-code and (2) geo-nearest scripts, different vectors than CVE-2008-4959.
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.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 0.30% (0.00297) | 20.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.30% (0.00297) | 21.13th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.01% (0.00010) | 0.53th | 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 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31694 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33825 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5380 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475478 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5380
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5380
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00285.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/31694 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/33825 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5380 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475478 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5380 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5380 | ||
| https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-February/msg00187.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
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