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CVE-2005-2656

• 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: 2005-09-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.

Affected products

• Polygen: 1.0.6

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-794
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14722
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-794
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14722

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