Vulnerability in Flexbackup
CVE-2005-4802
Flexbackup 1.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and execute code via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the raw source referenced an incorrect candidate number; this is the correct number to use.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (44.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Exploit)
- www.zataz.net/adviso/flexbackup-09192005.txt (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1216 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17209 (Exploit, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/23008 (third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (Exploit, vdb-entry)