CVE-2005-2944

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2005-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The perform_file_save function in GNOME Workstation Command Center (gwcc) 0.9.6 and earlier allows local users to create and overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gwcc_out.txt temporary file.

Affected products

Brent Ely Gnome Workstation Command Center: through 0.9.6; 0.9.8

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104566
http://secunia.com/advisories/16833
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/gwcc-09052005.txt
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104566
http://secunia.com/advisories/16833
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/gwcc-09052005.txt

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