CVE-2008-5703 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in gpsdrive (aka gpsdrive-scripts) version 2.10~pre4. Attackers can exploit this by creating symbolic links to arbitrary files, allowing them to overwrite system files through the /tmp/.smswatch or /tmp/gpsdrivepos temporary files. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.2, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires local access and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gpsdrive:gpsdrive:*:pre2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gpsdrive:gpsdrive:1.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gpsdrive:gpsdrive:1.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.09CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gpsdrive:gpsdrive:2.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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