CVE-2005-3069

Summary

CVECVE-2005-3069
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-27 19:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionxferfaxstats in HylaFax 4.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the xferfax$$ temporary file.

Risk And Classification

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

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Hylafax Hylafax 4.2.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Hylafax: Insecure temporary file creation in xferfaxstats script af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
HylaFAX Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for hylafax af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
HylaFAX Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#329384 - hylafax: Temporary file vulnerability in xferfaxstats and other security concerns - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for hylafax - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-865-1 hylafax af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for hylafax af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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