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CVE-2008-5155

mail2sms.sh in smsclient 2.0.8z allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink...

9.3 High

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.

Exploit likelihood

1.30%Up 0.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

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.

Record
CVE-2008-5155
CVSS 2.0
9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2008-5155
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-5133 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2008-5133
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vxwx-pgmh-62gg No score

mail2sms.sh in smsclient 2.0.8z allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink...

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.

Record
GHSA-vxwx-pgmh-62gg
Weakness
CWE-59
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2008-5155 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Smsclient, published November 18, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.30%, the 70th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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