CVE-2005-2180

gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and possibly earlier versions, when installed setuid, does not properly check files passed to the -o argument and opens the file…

published July 10, 2005

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
27.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and possibly earlier versions, when installed setuid, does not properly check files passed to the -o argument and opens the file with write access, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00349 · 27.1th percentile
Published
2005-07-10T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 10 JUL 04:00Z
    gen-index in GNATS 4.0, 4.1.0, and possibly earlier versions, when installed setuid, does not properly check files passed to the -o argument and opens the file…
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