Vulnerability in Graphviz
CVE-2005-4803
graphviz before 2.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: this issue was originally associated with a different CVE identifier, CVE-2005-2965, which had been used for multiple different issues. This is the correct identifier.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.6 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.0% 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
- Graphviz — versions 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15050 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17121 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/208-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17207 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-857 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17125 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)