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CVE-2005-1879
LutelWall 0.97 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system…
Medium5.5EPSS 0.39%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://firewall.lutel.pl/download/0.98/ChangeLog (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200506-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1014112 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20050606 LutelWall <= 0.97 insecure temporary file creation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/lutelwall-05222005.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 15647 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15665 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 13863 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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