HIGH
hfaxd in HylaFAX 4.2.3, when PAM support is disabled, accepts arbitrary passwords, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges
Published Jan 6, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.48%
Description
hfaxd in HylaFAX 4.2.3, when PAM support is disabled, accepts arbitrary passwords, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.
Affected products
No data.
- 4.2.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.48% 0.02477
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02477
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 | 2.48% (0.02477) | 83.98th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.42% (0.02419) | 81.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.37% (0.02373) | 83.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 13, 2024 | 1.81% (0.01808) | 88.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 12, 2023 | 2.81% (0.02811) | 89.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.03% (0.02034) | 87.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=719 x_refsource_MISCPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18314 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18337 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18489 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-03.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch
- http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2005-12/msg00119.php mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.hylafax.org/content/HylaFAX_4.2.4_release x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:015 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420974/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16150 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0072 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=719 | x_refsource_MISCPatch | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18314 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18337 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18489 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-03.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatch | |
| http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2005-12/msg00119.php | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.hylafax.org/content/HylaFAX_4.2.4_release | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:015 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420974/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16150 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0072 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published Jan 6, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 16, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3538
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a