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CVE-2008-5155

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% 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

mail2sms.sh in smsclient 2.0.8z allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) /tmp/header.##### or (2) /tmp/body.##### temporary file, or append data to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (3) /tmp/sms.log temporary file.

Affected products

• Smsclient: 2.0.8z

References

• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
• http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32405
• http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2008/08/msg00347.html
• http://uvw.ru/report.sid.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32405

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