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CVE-2008-5704

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5704 is a local file overwrite vulnerability affecting gpsdrive (aka gpsdrive-scripts) version 2.10~pre4. It allows a local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on the /tmp/gpsdrive-unit-test/proc temporary file. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.6, indicating high severity. While the attack vector is local, the impact is critical, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.6HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0118 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5704Low

gpsdrive: insecure temporary file use in unit_test.c

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/12/17/15