Name: CVE-2008-4957: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2008-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2008-4957, CWE-59, CVSS 5.5, EPSS 0.00411

find_flags in Kitware GCC-XML (gccxml) 0.9.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.cxx temporary file.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.5

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-cpp/gccxml.	Oct 30, 2017	Nov 5, 2008

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CVSS Details

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