CVEvulnerability

CVE-2005-1270

2.1 LOW Published 2005-04-26 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2005-04-26
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

The (1) check_update.sh and (2) rkhunter script in Rootkit Hunter before 1.2.3-r1 create temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected configurations

• gentoo rootkit hunter 1.2 • gentoo rootkit hunter 1.2.1 • gentoo rootkit hunter 1.2.2 • gentoo rootkit hunter 1.2.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/15127 secunia.com
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-25.xml Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/15861 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13399 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20279 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/15127 secunia.com
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-25.xml Patch
http://www.osvdb.org/15861 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13399 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20279 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com