Vulnerability CVE-2005-1270
Published: 2005-04-26   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The (1) check_update.sh and (2) rkhunter script in Rootkit Hunter before 1.2.3-r1 create temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Gentoo -> Rootkit hunter 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13399
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-25.xml
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/20279
http://www.osvdb.org/15861
http://secunia.com/advisories/15127
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