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CVE-2005-3785

Second-order symlink vulnerability in eix-sync.in in Ebuild IndeX (eix) before 0.5.0_pre2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exi.X.sync temporary file, which is processed by the diff-eix program.

  • Published: Nov 23, 2005
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2005-3785
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
gentoo / linux_eix - 0.3.x