01 Record
CVE-2005-2960
cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: debian
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.
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
- 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 36.7% 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
- 2005-10-05 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-09-19
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- 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
- c583792cf3e3e26ccb04cd10bf06c4549abd75889273c64ae2deca6de61da7dc
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871
- secunia.com17040http://secunia.com/advisories/17040
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcfengine-mulitple-file-symlink(22489)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489
- www.securityfocus.com14994http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994
- www.debian.orgDSA-836http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-198-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1
- www.debian.orgDSA-835http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835
- secunia.com17182http://secunia.com/advisories/17182
- secunia.com17037http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/
- groups.google.comhttp://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0
- secunia.com17142http://secunia.com/advisories/17142
- secunia.com17038http://secunia.com/advisories/17038
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2005:184http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184
- secunia.com17215http://secunia.com/advisories/17215
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2005:023http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html