CVE-2005-2582

N/A Unknown
Published: August 16, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Unix/Linux File Servers 5.0-5 uses world-writable permissions for the (1) log and (2) license directory, which allows local users to delete log files, append to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on kavmonitor.log, or delete license keys and prevent keepup2date from properly executing.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.aerasec.de/pub/advisories/kav4unix/kav4unix-local-root-exploit.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.aerasec.de/pub/advisories/kav4unix/kav4unix-local-root-exploit.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112387573811339&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.0%
13th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

kaspersky_lab