{"id":"CVE-2005-3179","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2005-3179","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:40:21.185Z","title":"drm.c in Linux kernel 2.6.10 to 2.6.13 creates a debug file in sysfs with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which allows local users to enable DRM debugging and obtain sensitive information.","description":"drm.c in Linux kernel 2.6.10 to 2.6.13 creates a debug file in sysfs with world-readable and world-writable permissions, which allows local users to enable DRM debugging and obtain sensitive information.","published":"2005-10-12T13:03:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:16:25.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00398,"percentile":0.3375,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107893","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/17114","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/17280","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6/?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=d7067d7d1f92cba14963a430cfbd53098cbbc8fd","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9549","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15154","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107893","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/17114","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/17280","tags":["Permissions Required","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.kernel.org/hg/linux-2.6/?cmd=changeset%3Bnode=d7067d7d1f92cba14963a430cfbd53098cbbc8fd","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:220","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:235","tags":["Broken Link"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9549","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15154","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-3179","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}