VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-4536
Mail::Audit module in libmail-audit-perl 2.1-5, when logging is enabled without a default log file specified, uses predictable log filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the [PID]-audit.log temporary file.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Mail::Audit module in libmail-audit-perl 2.1-5, when logging is enabled without a default log file specified, uses predictable log filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the [PID]-audit.log temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 30th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- debian/libmail-audit-perl
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344029
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18652Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18656Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-960Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16434
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0378
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24380
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344029
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18652Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18656Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-960Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16434
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0378
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24380
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.