CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-1270

Published: Apr 26, 2005 | Modified: Jul 11, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

The (1) check_update.sh and (2) rkhunter script in Rootkit Hunter before 1.2.3-r1 create temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Rootkit_hunter Gentoo 1.2.1 1.2.1
Rootkit_hunter Gentoo 1.2.3 1.2.3
Rootkit_hunter Gentoo 1.2 1.2
Rootkit_hunter Gentoo 1.2.2 1.2.2

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