imake in NetBSD before 2.0.3, NetBSD-current before 12 September 2005, certain versions of X.Org, and certain versions of XFree86 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file for the file.0 target, which is used for a pre-formatted manual page
Published Feb 1, 2006
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.34%
Description
imake in NetBSD before 2.0.3, NetBSD-current before 12 September 2005, certain versions of X.Org, and certain versions of XFree86 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file for the file.0 target, which is used for a pre-formatted manual page.
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.
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% (0.00339) | 24.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.34% (0.00340) | 25.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00079) | 20.95th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-009.txt.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/12/0043.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/20731 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15263 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-009.txt.asc | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD | |
| http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/12/0043.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/20731 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15263 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.