CVE-2005-3342

noweb 2.10c and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary files in (1) lib/toascii.nw and (2) shell/roff.mm.

Published: 2005-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3342 is rated Low Risk (14.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.35%). 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-2005-3342

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 0.06% 0.35% +0.28%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3342

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.2 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 1.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3342

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3342

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2005-3342 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (noweb), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3342
gentoo normal CVE-2005-3342: 1 GLSA(s) (200602-14), 1 atom(s) (app-text/noweb); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-3342
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3342 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (noweb), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3342

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3342

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
norman_ramsey noweb 2.9a cpe:2.3:a:norman_ramsey:noweb:2.9a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
norman_ramsey noweb 2.10c cpe:2.3:a:norman_ramsey:noweb:2.10c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3342

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