Vulnerability in Antiword

CVE-2005-3126

The (1) kantiword (kantiword.sh) and (2) gantiword (gantiword.sh) scripts in antiword 0.35 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary (a) output and (b) error files.

Published 2005-12-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 1.9 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Antiword — versions 0.32, 0.35

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

secunia.com/advisories/15866 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0242 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/16278 (vdb-entry)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24194 (vdb-entry)
secunia.com/advisories/18530 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-945 (vendor-advisory)