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CVE-2008-5148

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.9 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2008-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

sch2eaglepos.sh in geda-gnetlist 1.4.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/##### temporary file.

Affected products

• Geda Gnetlist: 1.4.0

References

• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32806
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32875
• http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00431.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00475.html
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32806
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32875
• http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00431.html
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-November/msg00475.html

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