CVE-2005-3343

tkdiff before 4.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published: 2005-12-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3343 is rated Low Risk (29.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3343

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 0.07% 0.38% +0.31%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.07% +0.03%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3343

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-2005-3343

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3343

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3343 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tkdiff), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3343

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3343

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tkdiff tkdiff 3.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tkdiff tkdiff 3.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tkdiff tkdiff 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tkdiff tkdiff 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tkdiff tkdiff 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3343

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