CVE-2005-3098

Exp

poppassd in Qualcomm qpopper 4.0.8 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain privileges via the -t (trace file) command line argument.

Published: 2005-09-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3098 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.58%). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3098

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1229 exploit_db edb 2005-09-24 Exploit-DB ↗
1230 exploit_db edb 2005-09-24 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3098

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 0.33% 0.58% +0.24%
2 2025-11-16 0.13% 0.33% +0.21%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3098

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3098

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3098

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3098 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (qpopper), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3098

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3098

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
qualcomm qpopper 4.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:qualcomm:qpopper:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3098

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