Vulnerability in Bacula
CVE-2005-2995
bacula 1.36.3 and earlier allows local users to modify or read sensitive files via symlink attacks on (1) the temporary file used by autoconf/randpass when openssl is not available, or (2) the mtx.[PID] temporary file in mtx-changer.in.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.6 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (30.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.9% 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
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.zataz.net/adviso/bacula-09192005.txt (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_22_sr.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-2995?
- CVE-2005-2995 is a vulnerability in Bacula. Published 2005-09-20.
- Is CVE-2005-2995 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.