CVE-2005-1856
EPSS 0.33%
Description
The CD-burning feature in backup-manager 0.5.8 and earlier uses a fixed filename in a world-writable directory for logging, which allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack.
How to fix CVE-2005-1856
To remediate CVE-2005-1856, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/backup-manager—upgrade to 0.5.8-2 or later
Is CVE-2005-1856 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.5.8-2