CVE-2005-1842

Exp

VCNative for Adobe Version Cue 1.0 and 1.0.1, as used in Creative Suite 1.0 and 1.3, and when running on Mac OS X with Version Cue Workspace, creates temporary log files with predictable names, which allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Published: 2005-08-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1842 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.91%). 1 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-2005-1842

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1185 exploit_db edb 2005-08-30 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1842

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 2026-06-15 0.72% 0.91% +0.19%
2 2026-03-25 0.34% 0.72% +0.38%
3 2025-03-19 — 0.34% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1842

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1842

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1842

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adobe version_cue 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:version_cue:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adobe version_cue 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:adobe:version_cue:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1842

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