CVE-2005-1064

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-04-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The copy_symlink function in rsnapshot 1.2.0 and 1.1.x before 1.1.7 changes the ownership of files that a symlink points to rather than the symlink itself, which allows local users to obtain access to arbitrary files.

Affected products

Rsnapshot Filesystem Snapshot Utility: 1.0.10, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4 (+3)

References

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=111317179531000&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14878
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013674
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-12.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/15420
http://www.rsnapshot.org/security/2005/001.html
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=111317179531000&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/14878
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013674
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-12.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/15420
http://www.rsnapshot.org/security/2005/001.html

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