CVE-2005-4802 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Flexbackup 1.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and execute code via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the raw source referenced an incorrect candidate number; this is the correct number to use.

Published: 2006-05-17

Score: 4.6 Medium

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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:flexbackup:flexbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2005-4795	Flexbackup 1.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and execute code via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the raw source referenced an incorrect candidate number; this is the correct number to use.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00236.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=334350
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112958392512513&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17209
http://secunia.com/advisories/23008
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015068
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1216
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/flexbackup-09192005.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Flexbackup Flexbackup

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-17T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:01:23.126Z

Reserved: 2006-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4802

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2005-4802

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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