CVE-2005-3137
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 37th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnu/cfengine
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871
- http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17040
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17142
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17182
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107871
- http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.cfengine.help/browse_thread/thread/fc25e7d98f8ba401/38151ed821803be0#38151ed821803be0
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17037/Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17040
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17142
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17182
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-835Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-836Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:184
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14994
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-198-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22489
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.