VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-3785
Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.10%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.10% probability · 64th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gentoo/linux eix
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112061
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17699Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112061
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17699Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.