{"cve":"CVE-2008-4957","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-05T15:00:15.383","modified":"2026-06-16T22:58:50.457","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/496391","http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/gccxml","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/10/30/2","https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235770","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46408"],"products":["gccxml:gccxml"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4957","score":0.00411,"percentile":0.35335,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}