LOW
noweb 2.10c and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in (1) lib/toascii.nw and (2) shell/roff.mm
Published Feb 14, 2006
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.35%
Description
noweb 2.10c and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in (1) lib/toascii.nw and (2) shell/roff.mm.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.9a
- 2.10c
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.
1.2 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.35% 0.00354
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00354
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 | 0.35% (0.00354) | 26.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.35% (0.00346) | 26.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 16.47th | 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 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18809 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18812 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18967 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19027 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-968 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-14.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16610 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-254-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0547 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18809 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18812 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18967 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/19027 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-968 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-14.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16610 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-254-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0547 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published Feb 14, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 27, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3342
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a