CVE-2008-4957

CVE-2008-4957 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Kitware GCC-XML (gccxml) version 0.9.0. An attacker can exploit a symlink race condition within the find_flags function to overwrite arbitrary files on the system by manipulating temporary /tmp/*.cxx files. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high severity with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, though it requires medium attack complexity and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.