CVE-2005-4803

Severity: low (CVSS 3.6 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

graphviz before 2.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: this issue was originally associated with a different CVE identifier, CVE-2005-2965, which had been used for multiple different issues. This is the correct identifier.

Affected products

Graphviz: through 2.2; 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.7.5.1, 1.7.5.2, 1.7.5.3 (+19)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17121
http://secunia.com/advisories/17125
http://secunia.com/advisories/17207
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-857
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:188
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15050
https://usn.ubuntu.com/208-1/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17121
http://secunia.com/advisories/17125
http://secunia.com/advisories/17207
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-857
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:188

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