Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux Webapp-Config
CVE-2005-1707
The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.
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: 0.010 (60.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux Webapp-Config — versions 1.10
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809 (vdb-entry)
- www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/16746 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/15445 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780 (vdb-entry)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml (vendor-advisory)