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CVE-2005-2240

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2005-07-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

xpvm.tcl in xpvm 1.2.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the xpvm.trace.$user temporary file.

Affected products

• Xpvm: 1.2.5

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/16040
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19251
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1003
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14228
• http://www.zataz.net/adviso/xpvm-06272005.txt
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16040
• http://secunia.com/advisories/19251
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1003
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14228
• http://www.zataz.net/adviso/xpvm-06272005.txt

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