CVE-2005-2992 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in arc 5.21j and earlier, allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files through a symlink attack on temporary files. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating low attack complexity and impact, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.21jCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:arc:arc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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