01 Record
CVE-2005-2918
The open_cmd_tube function in mount.c for gtkdiskfree 1.9.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gtkdiskfree temporary file.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The open_cmd_tube function in mount.c for gtkdiskfree 1.9.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gtkdiskfree temporary file.
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
- 1.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.9% 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
- 2005-09-15 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-09-15
- 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
- 63e95c81231fc7d9be95686b520c58d3b49b7859e84312d815441f26a3ab3763
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20050915 gtkdiskfree insecure temporary file creationhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112680706715109&w=2
- secunia.com17056http://secunia.com/advisories/17056
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104565
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200510-01http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-01.xml
- secunia.com16951http://secunia.com/advisories/16951
- www.zataz.nethttp://www.zataz.net/adviso/gtkdiskfree-09052005.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-822http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-822
- secunia.com17005http://secunia.com/advisories/17005