CVE-2005-1916 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in linki.py within ekg 2005-06-05 and earlier, affecting Debian Linux and ekg_project distributions. This flaw allows a local attacker to overwrite or create arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), the attack requires local access and low privileges, but its impact is high on integrity, allowing unauthorized file modification. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2005-06-05CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ekg_project:ekg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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