CVE-2005-1855

Backup Manager (backup-manager) before 0.5.8 creates backup files with world-readable default permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Published: 2005-08-30 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1855 is rated Low Risk (13.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). 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-2005-1855

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 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.04% -0.99%
3 2022-02-04 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1855

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1855

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1855

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2005-1855 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (backup-manager), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1855
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1855 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (backup-manager), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1855

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1855

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sukria backup_manager 0.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:sukria:backup_manager:0.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sukria backup_manager 0.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:sukria:backup_manager:0.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1855

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