Vulnerability Report

CVE-2005-1270

Title: Rootkit Hunter arbitrary file overwrite via symlink

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2005-1270.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Apr 26, 2005

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.34%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2005-1270: The (1) check_update.sh and (2) rkhunter script in Rootkit Hunter before 1.2.3-r1 create temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Impacted Vendors

gentoo 1

rootkit_hunter_project 1

Reference Links

http://secunia.com/advisories/15127 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-25.xml http://www.osvdb.org/15861 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13399 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20279 http://secunia.com/advisories/15127 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-25.xml http://www.osvdb.org/15861 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13399 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20279

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2005-1270 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

April 26, 2005 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.