Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 20, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2005-2991
CVE-2005-2991
Description
ncompress 4.2.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files using (1) zdiff or (2) zcmp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0970.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
4- www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvd
- marc.infonvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/12nvd
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