CVE-2005-1880

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 vendorEverybuddy

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

everybuddy 0.4.3 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.

Remediation

No guide yet

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

References (5)

x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue Tracking
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94473
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCNot ApplicableVendor Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034422.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014110
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13865
x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkVendor Advisory
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/everybuddy-06062005.txt

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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