CVE-2008-5148 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in geda-gnetlist version 1.4.0, specifically within the sch2eaglepos.sh script. An attacker can exploit this by creating a symbolic link to an arbitrary file, causing the script to overwrite that file when it attempts to create a temporary file in /tmp. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.9, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with medium attack complexity requiring local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:geda:gnetlist:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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