CVE-2005-1064: Rsnapshot Filesystem Snapshot Utility

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The copy_symlink function in rsnapshot 1.2.0 and 1.1.x before 1.1.7 changes the ownership of files that a symlink points to rather than the symlink itself, which allows local users to obtain access to arbitrary files.

Affected products

• Rsnapshot Filesystem Snapshot Utility: version 1.0.10 only; version 1.1 only; version 1.1.1 only; version 1.1.2 only; version 1.1.3 only; version 1.1.4 only; …

Published 2005-04-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.