CVE-2005-0387

remstats 1.0.13 and earlier, when processing uptime data, allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0387 is rated Low Risk (17.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0387

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.33% +0.25%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.04%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0387

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0387

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0387

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0387 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (remstats), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0387

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0387

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
remstats remstats 1.0.8a cpe:2.3:a:remstats:remstats:1.0.8a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
remstats remstats 1.0.9b cpe:2.3:a:remstats:remstats:1.0.9b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
remstats remstats 1.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:remstats:remstats:1.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
remstats remstats 1.00a4 cpe:2.3:a:remstats:remstats:1.00a4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0387

URL Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-704 Patch Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence