CVE-2005-3124

syslogtocern in Acme thttpd before 2.23 allows local users to write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Published: 2005-11-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3124 is rated Low Risk (17.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.10%). 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-2005-3124

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% 0.10% +0.06%
2 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.04% -0.91%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3124

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-2005-3124

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3124

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3124 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (thttpd), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3124

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3124

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
acme_labs thttpd 2.21b cpe:2.3:a:acme_labs:thttpd:2.21b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
acme_labs thttpd 2.23b1 cpe:2.3:a:acme_labs:thttpd:2.23b1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3124

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