PT-2005-2277 · Rootkit Hunter · Rootkit Hunter

Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen + 1 · Published 2005-04-26 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-1270

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Rootkit Hunter versions prior to 1.2.3-r1

Description: The issue concerns the creation of temporary files with predictable file names by the check update.sh and rkhunter script in Rootkit Hunter. This predictability allows local users to perform a symlink attack, enabling them to overwrite arbitrary files.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.2.3-r1, update to version 1.2.3-r1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the check update.sh and rkhunter script to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-1270

Affected Products

Rootkit Hunter

References · 9

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/13399 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1270 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1270 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-1270 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-1270 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15127 · Note
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-25.xml · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20279 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/15861 · Note