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CVE-2008-4957
medium
Description
find_flags in Kitware GCC-XML (gccxml) 0.9.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/*.cxx temporary file.
References
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46408
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2008-4936
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2