01 Record
CVE-2005-1880
everybuddy 0.4.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
everybuddy 0.4.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget.
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
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- 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
- 2005-06-07 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 17fd6a995d92c3e8548da09a78bdec3e14e8088d2fa18969a68a3e0eb0b9f6d7
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- securitytracker.com1014110http://securitytracker.com/id?1014110
- lists.grok.org.uk20050606 everybuddy <= 0.4.3 insecure temporary file creationhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034422.html
- www.securityfocus.com13865http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13865
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94473
- www.zataz.nethttp://www.zataz.net/adviso/everybuddy-06062005.txt