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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2005-2960

cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.

LOW 2.1EPSS 0.43%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.

CVSS 2.0
2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
0.43% probability · 36th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
gnu/cfengine · debian/debian linux
Source
security@debian.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.