CVE-2005-1707
Gentoo webapp-config <1.10-r14 - Local Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-1707. PoCs published by Eric Romang.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a race condition in Gentoo's webapp-config to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by manipulating temporary files during the configuration process.
Description
The fn_show_postinst function in Gentoo webapp-config before 1.10-r14 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the postinst.txt temporary file.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Eric Romang · bashlocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25709
This exploit leverages a race condition in Gentoo's webapp-config to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by manipulating temporary files during the configuration process.
Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target:
Gentoo webapp-config < 1.10-r14
No auth needed
Prerequisites:
root process of webapp-config must be running · attacker must have write access to /tmp and home directory
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026
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References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0809
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/webapp-config-05182005.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/16746
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014027
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91785
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/15445
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13780
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-13.xml
Scores
EPSS
0.0098
EPSS Percentile
57.7%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
gentoo/linux_webapp-config
1.10 r14
Published
May 24, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026