Vulnerability in GNU Cfengine
CVE-2005-3137
The (1) cfmailfilter and (2) cfcron.in files for cfengine 1.6.5 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2960.
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 (34.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.5% 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
- GNU Cfengine — versions 1.6.5
References
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/17040 (third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994 (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17182 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17037/ (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401…