LOW
The (1) cfmailfilter and (2) cfcron.in files for cfengine 1.6.5 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2960
Published Oct 5, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.43%
Description
The (1) cfmailfilter and (2) cfcron.in files for cfengine 1.6.5 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2960.
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.
0.43% 0.00428
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00428
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 34.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.43% (0.00428) | 33.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00072) | 19.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871 x_refsource_MISC
- http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0 x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17038 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17040 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17142 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17182 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 5, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 5, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3137
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a