CVE-2005-4691

N/A Unknown
Published: December 31, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-009.txt.asc
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/12/0043.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/20731
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15263
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2005-009.txt.asc
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-announce/2005/10/31/0000.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://mail-index.netbsd.org/source-changes/2005/09/12/0043.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015132
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/20731
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15263
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

12 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

netbsd