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CVE-2008-3791

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3791 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in GPicView 0.1.9 within the LXDE Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment, allowing attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat profile.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:lxde:lightweight_x11_desktop_environment:0.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 37th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3791Moderate

gpicview: Insecure auxiliary /tmp file usage (symlink attack possible)

Jul 16, 2008

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
lxde.svn.sourceforge.net / viewvc/lxde
sourceforge.net / tracker/index.php
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/3
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/10
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/5