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MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2005-1879
LutelWall Symlink File Overwrite Vulnerability
Description

LutelWall 0.97 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget.

INFO

Published Date :

June 9, 2005, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

[email protected]
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2005-1879 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Lutel lutelwall
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 LOW [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • All LutelWall users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-firewall/lutelwall-0.98'
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2005-1879.

URL Resource
http://firewall.lutel.pl/download/0.98/ChangeLog Broken Link
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034424.html Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/15647 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15665 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-10.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014112 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13863 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/lutelwall-05222005.txt Broken Link
http://firewall.lutel.pl/download/0.98/ChangeLog Broken Link
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034424.html Not Applicable
http://secunia.com/advisories/15647 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/15665 Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-10.xml Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014112 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13863 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/lutelwall-05222005.txt Broken Link
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2005-1879 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2005-1879 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2005-1879 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

Results are limited to the first 20 news articles due to potential performance issues.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2005-1879 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 20, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://firewall.lutel.pl/download/0.98/ChangeLog
    Added Reference http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034424.html
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/15647
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/15665
    Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-10.xml
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1014112
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13863
    Added Reference http://www.zataz.net/adviso/lutelwall-05222005.txt
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://firewall.lutel.pl/download/0.98/ChangeLog No Types Assigned http://firewall.lutel.pl/download/0.98/ChangeLog Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034424.html No Types Assigned http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034424.html Not Applicable
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15647 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15647 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/15665 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/15665 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-10.xml No Types Assigned http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-10.xml Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1014112 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1014112 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13863 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13863 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.zataz.net/adviso/lutelwall-05222005.txt No Types Assigned http://www.zataz.net/adviso/lutelwall-05222005.txt Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-59
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tomasz_lutelmowski:lutelwall:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tomasz_lutelmowski:lutelwall:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tomasz_lutelmowski:lutelwall:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tomasz_lutelmowski:lutelwall:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tomasz_lutelmowski:lutelwall:0.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tomasz_lutelmowski:lutelwall:0.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:tomasz_lutelmowski:lutelwall:0.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:lutel:lutelwall:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.98
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 09, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 2.1
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} -0.00%

score

0.10303

percentile