CVE-2005-3343

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3343
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-27 23:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptiontkdiff before 4.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tkdiff Tkdiff 3.0.8 All All All
Application Tkdiff Tkdiff 3.0.9 All All All
Application Tkdiff Tkdiff 4.0 All All All
Application Tkdiff Tkdiff 4.0.2 All All All
Application Tkdiff Tkdiff 4.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - TkDiff Unsafe Temporary Files May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
www.osvdb.org/21933 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-927-2 tkdiff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
Debian update for tkdiff - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
TkDiff Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
TkDiff Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SourceForge.net: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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