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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 5, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-4957

CVE-2008-4957

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.

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Affected products

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Gccxml/Gccxml
cpe:2.3:a:gccxml:gccxml:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Kitware/GCC-XMLllm-fuzzy
Range: =0.9.0

Patches

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