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CVE-2005-2992
arc 5.21j and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different type of…
Low2.1EPSS 0.36%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- debian
Description
arc 5.21j and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different type of vulnerability than CVE-2005-2945.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 23 days later
· 23 days later
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 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 70% 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: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 11 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 16805 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050916 arc insecure temporary file creation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-843 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20050920 Re: arc insecure temporary file creation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 17068 (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-2005-2992 (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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