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CVE-2008-3791
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2008-09-03 · updated 2026-06-16
- Weakness: CWE-59
Description
src/main-win.c in GPicView 0.1.9 in Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment (LXDE) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/rot.jpg temporary file.
Affected products
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495968
- http://lxde.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lxde?view=rev&sortby=date&revision=845
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2019481&group_id=180858&atid=894869
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/5
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=495968
- http://lxde.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/lxde?view=rev&sortby=date&revision=845
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2019481&group_id=180858&atid=894869
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/25/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/08/26/5
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