CVE-2005-2851 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in smb4k versions prior to 0.6.3. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack on temporary files (smb4k.tmp or sudoers) to read sensitive local files. This low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) requires local access and has a low impact, primarily allowing information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:smb4k:smb4k:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:smb4k:smb4k:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:smb4k:smb4k:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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