CVE-2005-3123

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in GNUMP3D before 2.9.6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted sequences such as "/.//..//////././", which is collapsed into "/.././" after ".." and "//" sequences are removed.

Published: 2005-10-30 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3123 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.98%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.72% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: 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-2005-3123

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3123

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 1.26% 2.98% +1.72%
2 2025-03-30 1.79% 1.26% -0.54%
3 2025-03-29 1.79%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3123

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:P/I:N/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3123

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3123

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2005-3123: 1 GLSA(s) (200511-05), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/gnump3d); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-3123
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3123 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gnump3d), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3123

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3123

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu gnump3d 2.9 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnump3d 2.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnump3d 2.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnump3d 2.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d:2.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnump3d 2.9.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnump3d 2.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d:2.9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3123

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