CVE-2005-4803

LowCVSS 3.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

graphviz before 2.2.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: this issue was originally associated with a different CVE identifier, CVE-2005-2965, which had been used for multiple different issues. This is the correct identifier.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 3.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17121Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17125Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17207Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-857Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:188Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15050Patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/208-1/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17121Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17125Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17207Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-857Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:188Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15050Patch
https://usn.ubuntu.com/208-1/

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2005
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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