CVE-2005-1707

Exp

The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.

Published: 2005-05-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1707 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.23%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1707

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25709 exploit_db edb 2005-05-26 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1707

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.29% 0.23% -0.07%
2 2025-03-29 0.23% 0.29% +0.07%
3 2025-03-19 — 0.23% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1707

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1707

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1707

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2005-1707: 1 GLSA(s) (200506-13), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/webapp-config); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-1707

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1707

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gentoo linux_webapp-config 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:linux_webapp-config:1.10:r14:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1707

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