CVE-2005-2809

N/A Unknown
Published: September 07, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

silc daemon (silcd.c) in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) 1.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the silcd.[PID].stats temporary file.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94587
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/16659/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/409672
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14716
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/silc-server-toolkit-06152005.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94587
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/16659/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/409672
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14716
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/silc-server-toolkit-06152005.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
23th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

silc