CVE-2005-3126

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 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: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The (1) kantiword (kantiword.sh) and (2) gantiword (gantiword.sh) scripts in antiword 0.35 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary (a) output and (b) error files.

Affected products

Antiword: 0.32, 0.35

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/15866
http://secunia.com/advisories/18530
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-945
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16278
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0242
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24194
http://secunia.com/advisories/15866
http://secunia.com/advisories/18530
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-945
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16278
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0242
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24194

Get alerted when CVE-2005-3126 or the next vulnerability affects your stack