Vulnerability in Norman Ramsey Noweb
CVE-2005-3342
noweb 2.10c and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in (1) lib/toascii.nw and (2) shell/roff.mm.
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: 0.004 (26.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 26.6% 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
- Norman Ramsey Noweb — versions 2.9a, 2.10c
References
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-14.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18812 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-254-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0547 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/18809 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/18967 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/19027 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-968 (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16610 (vdb-entry)