CVE-2005-2656 Misconfiguration in n/a
Local attackers can cause denial of service or unauthorized activities due to world-writable permissions on precompiled grammar objects.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-2656?
CVE-2005-2656 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 6 Sep 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Polygen before 1.0.6 generates precompiled grammar objects with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) and possibly perform other unauthorized activities.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2656?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Polygen Polygen.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2656?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2005-2656 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-2656 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-2656, DSA-794-1, GHSA-8xwj-3gxv-8r5r.