PT-2005-3951 · Antiword · Antiword

Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña · Published 2005-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2005-3126

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions antiword versions 0.35 and earlier

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary output and error files used by the kantiword and gantiword scripts.

Recommendations For antiword versions 0.35 and earlier, consider restricting access to the kantiword and gantiword scripts until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using these scripts with temporary files in untrusted environments to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-3126

DSA-945-1

Affected Products

Antiword

References · 10

• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-945 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3126 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-3126 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18530 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3126 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15866 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3126 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/16278 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24194 · Note