CVE-2008-5155: Smsclient

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Smsclient: version 2.0.8z only

Published 2008-11-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.