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

CVE-2005-4691

CVE-2005-4691

Description

imake in NetBSD before 2.0.3, NetBSD-current before 12 September 2005, certain versions of X.Org, and certain versions of XFree86 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary file for the file.0 target, which is used for a pre-formatted manual page.

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Affected products

10
  • NetBSD/NetBSD8 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <2.0.3
  • Xorg/X.Orgllm-create
  • Xfree86/Xfree86llm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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