CVE-2005-1707 EXPLOIT
4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 1% (pctl 61)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.6 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 0.99% — more likely to be exploited than 61% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-05-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gentoo | linux webapp-config |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Gentoo Webapp-Config 1.10 - Insecure File Creation | 2005-05-26 |
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15445
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014027
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml
- http://www.osvdb.org/16746
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15445
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014027
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml
- http://www.osvdb.org/16746
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt
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