CVE-2005-4802

MEDIUM 4.6CVE-2005-4802 · Published 31/12/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-4802 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability affecting flexbackup (flexbackup).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.58%, higher than 47.9% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
flexbackup flexbackup	`≤ 1.2.1`	No fix yet

Description

Flexbackup 1.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and execute code via a symlink attack on temporary files. NOTE: the raw source referenced an incorrect candidate number; this is the correct number to use.

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Exploit
marc.info
secunia.com/advisories/17209 · Exploit
secunia.com/advisories/23008
securitytracker.com/id · Exploit
debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1216
zataz.net/adviso/flexbackup-09192005.txt · Exploit

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