CVE-2005-1916

medium

Description

linki.py in ekg 2005-06-05 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2005-1918

http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ekg-06062005.txt

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-760

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112060146011122&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-07-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00042