Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2005· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2005-3126

Description

The (1) kantiword (kantiword.sh) and (2) gantiword (gantiword.sh) scripts in antiword 0.35 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary (a) output and (b) error files.

Affected products

Antiword/Antiword2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:antiword:antiword:0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:antiword:antiword:0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:antiword:antiword:0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

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References

secunia.com/advisories/18530nvdPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/15866nvdVendor Advisory
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0242nvdVendor Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-945nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/16278nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24194nvd

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