Vulnerability in Rsnapshot Filesystem Snapshot Utility
CVE-2005-1064
The copy_symlink function in rsnapshot 1.2.0 and 1.1.x before 1.1.7 changes the ownership of files that a symlink points to rather than the symlink itself, which allows local users to obtain access to arbitrary files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Rsnapshot Filesystem Snapshot Utility — versions 1.0.10, 1.1, 1.1.1
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.osvdb.org/15420 (vdb-entry)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-12.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.rsnapshot.org/security/2005/001.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/14878 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)