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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-1914 · published 18 July 2005

CVE-2005-1914: Centericq vulnerability

CCentericq · Centericq

CenterICQ 4.20.0 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gg.token.PID temporary file.

2.1 CVSS 2.0 Low EPSS 0.36% · top 72.6%
2.1CVSS 2.0 base score
0.36%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CenterICQ 4.20.0 and earlier creates temporary files with predictable file names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the gg.token.PID temporary file.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-754 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14144
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/centericq-06152005.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-754 PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14144
http://www.zataz.net/adviso/centericq-06152005.txt Vendor Advisory

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

7.8CVE-2005-3694Centericq vulnerabilitycentericq 4.20.0-r3 with "Enable peer-to-peer communications" set allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and crash)…EPSS 12%7.5CVE-2007-0160Centericq memory buffer overflow vulnerabilityStack-based buffer overflow in the LiveJournal support (hooks/ljhook.cc) in CenterICQ 4.9.11 through 4.21.0, when using unofficial LiveJournal server…EPSS 4.2%7.5CVE-2005-1852Ekg vulnerabilityMultiple integer overflows in libgadu, as used in Kopete in KDE 3.2.3 to 3.4.1, ekg before 1.6rc3, GNU Gadu, CenterICQ, Kadu, and other packages, all…EPSS 4.7%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-1914), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.