LOW
reportbug before 2.62 creates the .reportbugrc configuration file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain email smarthost passwords
Published Mar 2, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
reportbug before 2.62 creates the .reportbugrc configuration file with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain email smarthost passwords.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.36% 0.00364
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00364
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 27.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 28.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 15.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (5)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=295407 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110972153627388&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14422/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6600 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19504 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=295407 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110972153627388&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/14422/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6600 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19504 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Mar 2, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 2, 2005
Link CVE-2005-0624
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a