CVE-2005-1879

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 7, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLutelwall

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

LutelWall 0.97 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.98
Affected range stops below 0.98, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (8)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15647
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15665
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-10.xml
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014112
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13863

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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