Unscored severity · published Nov 23, 2005
CVE-2005-3785
Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync…
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CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LE
Linux Eix · Gentoo
through 0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3785
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-3785
bugs.gentoo.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112061
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17699
Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xml
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541
www.vupen.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539