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Low
CVE-2005-4691
imake in NetBSD before 2.0.3, NetBSD-current before 12 September 2005,...
Vulnerability Description
imake in NetBSD before 2.0.3, NetBSD-current before 12 September 2005, certain versions of X.Org, and certain versions of XFree86 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file for the file.0 target, which is used for a pre-formatted manual page.
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
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/12/0043.html
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15263
- http://www.osvdb.org/20731
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-009.txt.asc
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 1st, 2006
Last Modified:
September 16th, 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.