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  "id": "CVE-2005-2991",
  "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com",
  "published": "2005-09-20T20:03:00.000",
  "lastModified": "2016-10-18T03:32:05.740",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "ncompress 4.2.4 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files using (1) zdiff or (2) zcmp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0970."
    }
  ],
  "vendorComments": [
    {
      "organization": "Red Hat",
      "comment": "Not vulnerable.  This issue did not affect the ncompress packages as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.",
      "lastModified": "2006-08-30T00:00:00"
    }
  ],
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          "accessVector": "LOCAL",
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 2.1
        },
        "baseSeverity": "LOW",
        "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
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        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
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  },
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    {
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"
        }
      ]
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112689772732098&w=2",
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com"
    },
    {
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112688098630314&w=2",
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    {
      "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/12",
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      "url": "http://www.zataz.net/adviso/ncompress-09052005.txt",
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ]
}