Vulnerability in Smb4k
CVE-2005-2851
smb4k 0.4 and other versions before 0.6.3 allows local users to read sensitive files via a symlink attack on the (1) smb4k.tmp or (2) sudoers temporary files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (27.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 27.9% 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
- Smb4k — versions 0.4, 0.5, 0.6
References
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/16724 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14756 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-15.xml (vendor-advisory)
- smb4k.berlios.de/ (Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/17636 (third-party-advisory)