What is CVE-2005-1916?

CVE-2005-1916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ekg Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2005-07-06.

How severe is CVE-2005-1916?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ekg Project

CVE-2005-1916

linki.py in ekg 2005-06-05 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published 2005-07-06 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (26.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.9% 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

Ekg Project
Debian Linux — versions 3.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-760 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List)
marc.info/ (mailing-list, Technical Description, Mailing List)
www.zataz.net/adviso/ekg-06062005.txt (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-1916?: CVE-2005-1916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ekg Project, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2005-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2005-1916?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.