CVE-2005-3349

GNU Gnump3d before 2.9.8 allows local users to modify or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the index.lok temporary file.

Published: 2005-11-18 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3349 is rated Low Risk (11.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). 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-2005-3349

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 2025-03-30 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
2 2025-03-29 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-2005-3349

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.9 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 3.4 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3349

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3349

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2005-3349: 1 GLSA(s) (200511-16), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/gnump3d); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-3349
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3349 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-2005-3349

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3349

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu gnump3d <= 2.9.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu gnump3d 2.9.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:gnump3d:2.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3349

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