CVE-2005-0391

geneweb 4.10 and earlier does not properly check file permissions and content during conversion, which allows attackers to modify arbitrary files.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0391 is rated Low Risk (36.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.26%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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-2005-0391

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 2025-03-17 0.13% 0.26% +0.13%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.13% -0.76%
3 2022-02-04 0.89%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0391

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0391

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0391

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-0391 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (geneweb), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-0391
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0391 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (geneweb), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0391

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0391

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
daniel_de_rauglaudre geneweb <= 4.10 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_de_rauglaudre:geneweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0391

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