CVE-2005-1707 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Gentoo webapp-config versions prior to 1.10-r14. An attacker can exploit a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file within the fn_show_postinst function to overwrite arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, a public exploit (EDB-25709) exists, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:linux_webapp-config:1.10:r14:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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