cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137
Published Oct 5, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 1.5
- 1.5.3-4
- 1.6
- 1.6
- 1.6.5
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.0.3
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.8
- 2.0.8
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.7
- 2.1.8
- 2.1.9
- 2.1.16
Configuration 2
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 34.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 33.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00074) | 19.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (15)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0 x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17038 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17040 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17142 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17182 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17215 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
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