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CVE-2005-1270

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2007-09-05 rkhunter -- insecure temporary file creation

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CVE-2005-1270 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2005-1270
Phase Assigned(20050426)

Description

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.

References

Source Reference
GENTOO GLSA-200504-25
BID 13399
OSVDB 15861
SECUNIA 15127
XF rootkit-hunter-checkupdate-symlink(20279)

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