CVE-2005-3148

StoreBackup before 1.19 does not properly set the uid and guid for symbolic links (1) that are backed up by storeBackup.pl, or (2) recovered by storeBackupRecover.pl, which could cause files to be restored with incorrect ownership.

Published: 2005-10-05 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-3148 is rated Low Risk (27.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). 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-2005-3148

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 2023-03-07 1.03% 0.07% -0.96%
2 2022-02-04 1.03%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3148

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-2005-3148

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3148

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-3148 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (storebackup), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, sid, trixie): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3148
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3148 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (storebackup), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3148

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3148

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
storebackup storebackup 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.6 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.8 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.9 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.10 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.12 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.13 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.14 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.15 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.16 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.16.1 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.16.2 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.17 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.18 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.18.1 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.18.2 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.18.3 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
storebackup storebackup 1.18.4 cpe:2.3:a:storebackup:storebackup:1.18.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3148

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