CVE-2005-4691

Severity Score

2.1

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

imake in NetBSD before 2.0.3, NetBSD-current before 12 September 2005, certain versions of X.Org, and certain versions of XFree86 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file for the file.0 target, which is used for a pre-formatted manual page.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 2.1

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-12-31 CVE Published
2006-01-31 CVE Reserved
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html	Mailing List
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/12/0043.html	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132	2008-09-05
http://www.osvdb.org/20731	2008-09-05
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15263	2008-09-05

URL	Date	SRC
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-009.txt.asc	2008-09-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd"		Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd"				1.6 Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd" and version "1.6"		-		Affected
Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd"		Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd"				1.6 Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd" and version "1.6"		beta		Affected
Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd"		Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd"				1.6.1 Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd" and version "1.6.1"		-		Affected
Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd"		Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd"				1.6.2 Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd" and version "1.6.2"		-		Affected
Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd"		Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd"				2.0 Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd" and version "2.0"		-		Affected
Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd"		Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd"				2.0.1 Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd" and version "2.0.1"		-		Affected
Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd"		Netbsd Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd"				2.0.2 Search vendor "Netbsd" for product "Netbsd" and version "2.0.2"		-		Affected