CVE-2005-4536

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: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Mail::Audit module in libmail-audit-perl 2.1-5, when logging is enabled without a default log file specified, uses predictable log filenames, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the [PID]-audit.log temporary file.

Affected products

Debian Libmail-Audit-Perl: 2.1-5

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344029
http://secunia.com/advisories/18652
http://secunia.com/advisories/18656
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-960
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16434
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0378
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24380
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=344029
http://secunia.com/advisories/18652
http://secunia.com/advisories/18656
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-960
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16434

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