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CVE-2005-2449

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 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: 2005-08-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Race condition in sandbox before 1.2.11 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attack on sandboxpids.tmp.

Affected products

• Sandbox: 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.1_r3, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4 (+8)

References

• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96782
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16214
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014574
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-22.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14375
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21519
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96782
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16214
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014574
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-22.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14375
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21519

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