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Low
CVE-2005-2809
silc daemon (silcd.c) in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) 1.0...
Vulnerability Description
silc daemon (silcd.c) in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) 1.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the silcd.[PID].stats temporary file.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
silc
View all reports →Affected Software
secure internet live conferencing
Vulnerable Versions:
0.9.11, 0.9.12, 0.9.13, 0.9.14, 0.9.15, 0.9.16, 0.9.17, 0.9.18, 0.9.19, 0.9.20, 0.9.21, 1.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 7th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.