CVE-2005-3539

Exp

Multiple eval injection vulnerabilities in HylaFAX 4.2.3 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via (1) the notify script in HylaFAX 4.2.0 to 4.2.3 and (2) crafted CallID parameters to the faxrcvd script in HylaFAX 4.2.2 and 4.2.3.

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-2005-3539 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.65%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3539

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27032 exploit_db edb 2006-01-05 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3539

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 2026-06-25 12.37% 12.65% +0.28%
2 2026-06-15 31.00% 12.37% -18.64%
3 2025-05-19 — 31.00% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3539

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3539

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3539

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2005-3539 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (hylafax), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3539
gentoo high CVE-2005-3539: 1 GLSA(s) (200601-03), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/hylafax); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-3539
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3539 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (hylafax), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3539

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3539

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hylafax hylafax 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3539

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