PT-2008-6131 · Kitware · Kitware Gcc-Xml

Robert Buchholz · Published 2008-11-05 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-4957

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Kitware GCC-XML (gccxml) version 0.9.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.cxx temporary file created by the find flags function.

Recommendations For Kitware GCC-XML (gccxml) version 0.9.0, consider restricting access to the find flags function to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4957

Affected Products

Kitware Gcc-Xml

References · 6

• 🔥 http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gccxml · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4957 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46408 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2 · Note
• https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/496391 · Note