VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-1944
xmysqladmin 1.0 and earlier allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a database backup file in /tmp.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.33%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
xmysqladmin 1.0 and earlier allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a database backup file in /tmp.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 27th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- xmysqladmin/xmysqladmin
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93792
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111833993822553&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15635
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014172
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/xmysqladmin-05292005.txt
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93792
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111833993822553&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15635
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014172
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/xmysqladmin-05292005.txt
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.