CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4987

6.9 MEDIUM Published 2008-11-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-11-06
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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 configurations

• xastir xastir 1.9.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References