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CVE-2005-1916

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• 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: 2005-07-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

linki.py in ekg 2005-06-05 and earlier allows local users to overwrite or create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 3.1
• Ekg Project Ekg: through 2005-06-05

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112060146011122&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-760
• http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ekg-06062005.txt
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112060146011122&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112198499417250&w=2
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-760
• http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ekg-06062005.txt

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