CVE-2005-3331

medium

Description

viewpatch in mgdiff 1.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22846

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15180

http://secunia.com/advisories/17299

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=335188

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-10-27

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:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00087