CVE-2005-2918

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-09-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The open_cmd_tube function in mount.c for gtkdiskfree 1.9.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gtkdiskfree temporary file.

Affected products

Gtkdiskfree: through 1.9.3

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104565
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112680706715109&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16951
http://secunia.com/advisories/17005
http://secunia.com/advisories/17056
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-822
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-01.xml
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/gtkdiskfree-09052005.txt
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104565
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112680706715109&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16951
http://secunia.com/advisories/17005

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