CVE-2005-0225

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

firehol.sh in FireHOL before 1.224 creates temporary files with predictable file names, which could allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

Firehol: 1.1, 1.1.1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (+219)

References

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/firehol/firehol/firehol.sh
http://secunia.com/advisories/13970
http://secunia.com/advisories/14102
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012969
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200502-01.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/13137
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12336
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19032
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/firehol/firehol/firehol.sh
http://secunia.com/advisories/13970
http://secunia.com/advisories/14102
http://securitytracker.com/id?1012969

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