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CVE-2005-2918
The open_cmd_tube function in mount.c for gtkdiskfree 1.9.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 28% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The open_cmd_tube function in mount.c for gtkdiskfree 1.9.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gtkdiskfree temporary file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 28% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 20050915 gtkdiskfree insecure temporary file creation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 17056 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104565 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200510-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 16951 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/gtkdiskfree-09052005.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-822 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 17005 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2918 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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