CVE-2005-2944 — The perform_file_save function in GNOME Workstation Command Center (gwcc) 0.9.6 and earlier allows local users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gwcc_out.txt temporary file

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The perform_file_save function in GNOME Workstation Command Center (gwcc) 0.9.6 and earlier allows local users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gwcc_out.txt temporary file

Published Sep 16, 2005

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.33%

Description

The perform_file_save function in GNOME Workstation Command Center (gwcc) 0.9.6 and earlier allows local users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gwcc_out.txt temporary file.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.33% 0.00328

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00328

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	0.33% (0.00328)	23.51th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.33% (0.00328)	24.32th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00057)	15.01th	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)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104566
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/16833
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/gwcc-09052005.txt
x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104566		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/16833		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/gwcc-09052005.txt		x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 16, 2005

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Sep 16, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2944

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2944

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-2944