{"id":"CVE-2005-1916","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2005-1916","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:25.274Z","title":"linki.py in ekg 2005-06-05 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.","description":"linki.py in ekg 2005-06-05 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.","published":"2005-07-06T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:13:55.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-59"],"affected":["ekg project/ekg","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00355,"percentile":0.29017,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112060146011122&w=2","tags":["Mailing List","Technical Description"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-760","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ekg-06062005.txt","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112060146011122&w=2","tags":["Mailing List","Technical Description"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2","tags":["Mailing List"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-760","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ekg-06062005.txt","tags":["Broken Link","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1916","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}