CVE-2005-4802
Flexbackup 1.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and execute code via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the raw source referenced an incorrect candidate number; this is the
02 Description
Flexbackup 1.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and execute code via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the raw source referenced an incorrect candidate number; this is the
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
- 0.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 46.6% 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
- 2006-05-17 17:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-05-17
- 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
- f604876c079cebbdd9e8095779b07a95a874c9f54918f9aa3ecdbbb7c12adb67
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info20051017 flexbackup default config insecure temporary file creationhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112958392512513&w=2
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=334350
- www.zataz.nethttp://www.zataz.net/adviso/flexbackup-09192005.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-1216http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1216
- secunia.com17209http://secunia.com/advisories/17209
- secunia.com23008http://secunia.com/advisories/23008
- securitytracker.com1015068http://securitytracker.com/id?1015068
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- flexbackup Fixed in 1.2.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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