CVE-2005-2851

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: 2005-09-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

smb4k 0.4 and other versions before 0.6.3 allows local users to read sensitive files via a symlink attack on the (1) smb4k.tmp or (2) sudoers temporary files.

Affected products

Smb4K: 0.4, 0.5, 0.6

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/16724
http://secunia.com/advisories/17636
http://smb4k.berlios.de/
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-15.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:157
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14756
http://secunia.com/advisories/16724
http://secunia.com/advisories/17636
http://smb4k.berlios.de/
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-15.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:157
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14756

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