CVE-2005-3126: Antiword

Low severity, CVSS 1.9. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) kantiword (kantiword.sh) and (2) gantiword (gantiword.sh) scripts in antiword 0.35 and earlier allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary (a) output and (b) error files.

Affected products

• Antiword Antiword: version 0.32 only; version 0.35 only

Published 2005-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.