LOW
xferfaxstats in HylaFax 4.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the xferfax$$ temporary file
Published Sep 27, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
xferfaxstats in HylaFax 4.2.1 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the xferfax$$ temporary file.
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:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.38% 0.00383
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00383
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 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 29.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 29.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00069) | 18.43th | 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 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=329384 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16906 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17022 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17107 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17187 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-865 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-21.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:177 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14907 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=329384 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16906 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17022 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17107 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/17187 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-865 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-21.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:177 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14907 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 27, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 27, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3069
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a