CVE-2005-2851

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-2851
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-08 10:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionsmb4k 0.4 and other versions before 0.6.3 allows local users to read sensitive files via a symlink attack on the (1) smb4k.tmp or (2) sudoers temporary files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Smb4k Smb4k 0.4 All All All
Application Smb4k Smb4k 0.5 All All All
Application Smb4k Smb4k 0.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Smb4k Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Smb4k Insecure Temporary File Handling Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Smb4K - The SMB/CIFS Share Browser for KDE. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 smb4k.berlios.de Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for smb4k af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Smb4k: Local unauthorized file access af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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