Vulnerability in GNU Texinfo
CVE-2005-3011
The sort_offline function for texindex in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 1.2 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- docs.info.apple.com/article.html
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-194-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1939 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.trustix.org/pipermail/tsl-announce/2005-October/000354.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/May/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25402 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/17076 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18401 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)