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CVE-2005-2693
cvsbug in CVS 1.12.12 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.44%
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- redhat
Description
cvsbug in CVS 1.12.12 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- ADV-2005-1667 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166366 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:756 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 16765 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1014857 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-802 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-806 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10835 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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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