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CVE-2005-2960
cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a…
Low2.1EPSS 0.43%
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- debian
Description
cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.43% · top 63% 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: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (15)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 17040 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- cfengine-mulitple-file-symlink(22489) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 14994 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-836 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-198-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-835 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 17182 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17037 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 17142 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17038 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:184 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 17215 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_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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