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CVE-2005-2693

• 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: 2005-08-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

cvsbug in CVS 1.12.12 and earlier creates temporary files insecurely, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Cvs: 1.12.12

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/16765
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014857
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-802
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-806
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-756.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1667
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=166366
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10835
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16765
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014857

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