Vulnerability in Arc
CVE-2005-2992
arc 5.21j and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different type of vulnerability than CVE-2005-2945.
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 (27.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.4% 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
References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/11 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/16805 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-843 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-09/0535.html (mailing-list, Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/17068 (third-party-advisory)