CVE-2005-2992
arc 5.21j and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different type of vulnerability than CVE-2005-2945.
02 Description
arc 5.21j and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different type of vulnerability than CVE-2005-2945.
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
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.6% 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
- 2005-10-13 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-09-20
- 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
- b6e05f6067347ed8f2a5cf6248e2d58d7bdedaa57e4dc546b86a2be4ae712005
05 Affected products
06 References
- securityreason.com11http://securityreason.com/securityalert/11
- secunia.com16805http://secunia.com/advisories/16805
- marc.info20050916 arc insecure temporary file creationhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112689596714383&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-843http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-843
- archives.neohapsis.com20050920 Re: arc insecure temporary file creationhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-09/0535.html
- secunia.com17068http://secunia.com/advisories/17068
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- arc Fixed in 5.21m-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- arc Fixed in 5.21m-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- arc Fixed in 5.21m-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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