CVE-2005-3146 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can manipulate temporary files via symlinks to perform unauthorized operations on arbitrary files, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
- 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-2005-3146?
CVE-2005-3146 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Suse Suse Linux, published on 5 Oct 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
StoreBackup before 1.19 allows local users to perform unauthorized operations on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-3146?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Storebackup Storebackup, Suse Suse Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2005-3146?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2005-3146 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-3146 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Suse Suse Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-3146, GHSA-2r58-h4xx-4q96.