MEDIUM
Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program
Published Nov 23, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.10%
Description
Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.
Affected products
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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
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.
1.10% 0.01099
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01099
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 | 1.10% (0.01099) | 64.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.10% (0.01099) | 61.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 58.29th | 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 (5)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112061 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17699 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112061 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17699 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-19.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15541 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2539 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 23, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 23, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3785
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a