Link Following Affecting antiword package, versions <0.35-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-ANTIWORD-18912345
  • published18 Aug 2026
  • disclosed31 Dec 2005

Introduced: 31 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-3126  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest antiword to version 0.35-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream antiword package and not the antiword package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1