CVE-2005-3321 — chkstat in SuSE Linux 9.0 through 10.0 allows local users to modify permissions of files by creating a hardlink to a file from a world-writable directory, which can cause the link count to drop to 1 when the file is deleted or replaced, which is then modified by chkstat to use weaker permissions

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chkstat in SuSE Linux 9.0 through 10.0 allows local users to modify permissions of files by creating a hardlink to a file from a world-writable directory, which can cause the link count to drop to 1 when the file is deleted or replaced, which is then modified by chkstat to use weaker permissions

Published Oct 27, 2005

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.40%

Description

chkstat in SuSE Linux 9.0 through 10.0 allows local users to modify permissions of files by creating a hardlink to a file from a world-writable directory, which can cause the link count to drop to 1 when the file is deleted or replaced, which is then modified by chkstat to use weaker permissions.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.40% 0.00401

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00401

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	0.40% (0.00401)	31.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.40% (0.00401)	31.62th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.03% (0.00027)	4.71th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.05% (0.00050)	21.71th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 11, 2024	0.05% (0.00050)	19.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.05% (0.00050)	17.62th	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://secunia.com/advisories/17290/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_62_permissions.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.osvdb.org/20263
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15182
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22853
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/17290/		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_62_permissions.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.osvdb.org/20263		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15182		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22853		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 27, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Oct 27, 2005

Link CVE-2005-3321

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-3321

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-3321