CVE-2005-1707

Gentoo Webapp-Config 1.10 - Insecure File Creation

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-05-24 CVE Reserved
2005-05-24 CVE Published
2005-05-26 First Exploit
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785	X_refsource_misc
http://www.osvdb.org/16746	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780	Vdb Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25709	2005-05-26
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014027	2024-08-07
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/15445	2011-03-08
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml	2011-03-08

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Gentoo Search vendor "Gentoo"		Linux Webapp-config Search vendor "Gentoo" for product "Linux Webapp-config"				1.10 Search vendor "Gentoo" for product "Linux Webapp-config" and version "1.10"		r14		Affected