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CVE-2005-3343

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3343 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in tkdiff versions prior to 4.1.1. This flaw allows an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files through a symbolic link attack on temporary files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:3.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tkdiff:tkdiff:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 3,050 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/18083
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18215
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/23858
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-927
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 21933
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/16064
Patch