CVE-2005-2656 describes a vulnerability in Polygen versions prior to 1.0.6, where precompiled grammar objects are created with world-writable permissions. This misconfiguration allows local users to cause a denial of service through excessive disk consumption and potentially engage in other unauthorized actions. With a CVSS score indicating low attack complexity and local access, the primary impact is partial availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:polygen:polygen:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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