Vulnerability Details : CVE-2005-2991
ncompress 4.2.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files using (1) zdiff or (2) zcmp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0970.
Products affected by CVE-2005-2991
- cpe:2.3:a:ncompress:ncompress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2991
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2005-2991
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
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2.1
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LOW | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
3.9
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2.9
|
NIST |
Vendor statements for CVE-2005-2991
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Red Hat 2006-08-30Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the ncompress packages as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
References for CVE-2005-2991
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