{"cve":"CVE-2008-4987","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-06T15:55:52.370","modified":"2026-06-16T22:58:53.653","status":"Modified","description":"xastir 1.9.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (a) /tmp/ldconfig.tmp, (b) /tmp/ldconf.tmp, and (c) /tmp/ld.so.conf temporary files, related to the (1) get-maptools.sh and (2) get_shapelib.sh scripts.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://bugs.debian.org/496383","http://dev.gentoo.org/~rbu/security/debiantemp/xastir","http://secunia.com/advisories/31677","http://secunia.com/advisories/31771","http://uvw.ru/report.lenny.txt"],"products":["xastir:xastir"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4987","score":0.00416,"percentile":0.35949,"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."]}