CVE-2005-1270: Gentoo Rootkit Hunter

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) check_update.sh and (2) rkhunter script in Rootkit Hunter before 1.2.3-r1 create temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Affected products

• Gentoo Rootkit Hunter: version 1.2 only; version 1.2.1 only; version 1.2.2 only; version 1.2.3 only

Published 2005-04-26. Last modified 2026-06-16.