CVE-2005-1270 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The (1) check_update.sh and (2) rkhunter script in Rootkit Hunter before 1.2.3-r1 create temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Published: 2005-04-28

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:rootkit_hunter:1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:rootkit_hunter:1.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:rootkit_hunter:1.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:rootkit_hunter:1.2.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-1273	The (1) check_update.sh and (2) rkhunter script in Rootkit Hunter before 1.2.3-r1 create temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00098.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/15127
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-25.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/15861
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13399
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20279

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Gentoo Rootkit Hunter

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-28T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:44:05.579Z

Reserved: 2005-04-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1270

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-04-26T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1270

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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