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CVE-2005-3011

🗓️ 21 Sep 2005 04:00:00Reported by mitreType 
cve
 cve🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov👁 77 Views

The sort_offline function for texindex in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files

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BDU FSTEC		Vulnerabilities in the Debian GNU/Linux operating system that allow a local malicious individual to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC		Vulnerabilities of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system that allow malicious actors to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC		Vulnerabilities of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system that allow malicious actors to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC		Vulnerabilities of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system that allow malicious actors to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC		Vulnerabilities of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system that allow malicious actors to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC		Vulnerabilities of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system that allow malicious actors to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
BDU FSTEC		Vulnerabilities of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system that allow malicious actors to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information
28 Apr 201500:00
–bdu_fstec
FreeBSD		texindex -- temporary file privilege escalation
11 Jan 200600:00
–freebsd
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 3 / 4 : texinfo (CESA-2006:0727-1)
29 Jun 201300:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 3 / 4 : texinfo (CESA-2006:0727)
23 Apr 200900:00
–nessus
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NVD
Node
gnutexinfoRange≤4.8

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16 Jun 2026 22:16Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 21.2
EPSS0.00505
CWE-59
cve20053011texindextexinfosymlink attacksecurity vulnerability
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