CVE-2005-4534

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The shadow database feature (syncshadowdb) in Bugzilla 2.9 through 2.16.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

Mozilla Bugzilla: 2.9, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14, 2.14.1, 2.14.2 (+14)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=329387
http://secunia.com/advisories/18218
http://secunia.com/advisories/22826
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/302
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015411
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1208
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420353/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16061
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305353
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23863
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=329387
http://secunia.com/advisories/18218

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