CVE-2005-0225
firehol.sh in FireHOL before 1.224 creates temporary files with predictable file names, which could allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
02 Description
firehol.sh in FireHOL before 1.224 creates temporary files with predictable file names, which could allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-02-06 05:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 21:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-02-05
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5a05108711f5f2b69a8366d51dc260efe3b8e48643664f98919e72d5d8142dae
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200502-01http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-01.xml
- secunia.com14102http://secunia.com/advisories/14102
- secunia.com13970http://secunia.com/advisories/13970
- www.securityfocus.com12336http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12336
- securitytracker.com1012969http://securitytracker.com/id?1012969
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfirehol-symlink(19032)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19032
- www.osvdb.org13137http://www.osvdb.org/13137
- cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/firehol/firehol/firehol.sh
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- firehol Fixed in 1.214-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- firehol Fixed in 1.214-4
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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