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
Published Sep 7, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 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
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00342) | 25.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00342) | 25.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00075) | 20.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94587 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16659/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/409672 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14716 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/silc-server-toolkit-06152005.txt x_refsource_MISC
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94587 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16659/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/409672 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14716 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.zataz.net/adviso/silc-server-toolkit-06152005.txt | x_refsource_MISC |
Change history (0)
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