Vulnerability in Xpvm
CVE-2005-2240
xpvm.tcl in xpvm 1.2.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the xpvm.trace.$user temporary file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.6% 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
- Xpvm — versions 1.2.5
References
- secunia.com/advisories/16040 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14228 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1003 (vendor-advisory)
- www.zataz.net/adviso/xpvm-06272005.txt
- secunia.com/advisories/19251 (third-party-advisory)