MEDIUM
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
Published May 24, 2005
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.98%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.10
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.98% 0.00985
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00985
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.98% (0.00985) | 60.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.98% (0.00985) | 57.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.29% (0.00285) | 49.83th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.93% (0.02930) | 83.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.93% (0.02930) | 81.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.93% (0.02930) | 64.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15445 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014027 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploitPatch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.osvdb.org/16746 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/15445 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1014027 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploitPatch | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/16746 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 24, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved May 24, 2005
Link CVE-2005-1707
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a