CVE-2005-1270

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1270

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2005-1270.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2005-1270

Downstream

DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1270

Published

2005-04-26T04:00:00Z

Modified

2025-08-09T20:01:26Z

Summary

[none]

Details

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/15127
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-25.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13399
http://www.osvdb.org/15861
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20279

CVE-2005-1270

Affected packages