Vulnerability in Gentoo Rootkit Hunter
CVE-2005-1270
The (1) check_update.sh and (2) rkhunter script in Rootkit Hunter before 1.2.3-r1 create temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
EPSS: 0.003 (26.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gentoo Rootkit_hunter — versions 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_GENTOO)