CVE-2005-1916
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 6, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:13 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxEkg
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
linki.py in ekg 2005-06-05 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v ≤ 2005-6-5
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQTechnical Description
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112060146011122&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-760x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ekg-06062005.txtCVSS
- 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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