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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 7, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-2809

CVE-2005-2809

Description

silc daemon (silcd.c) in Secure Internet Live Conferencing (SILC) 1.0 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the silcd.[PID].stats temporary file.

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Affected products

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  • Silc/Secure Internet Live Conferencing13 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:0.9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:silc:secure_internet_live_conferencing:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=1.0

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