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CVE-2005-3539

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3539 describes multiple eval injection vulnerabilities in HylaFAX versions 4.2.3 and earlier, specifically impacting the notify and faxrcvd scripts. This critical vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.5 and a FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100, it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and low complexity, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its potential for exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-27032 · Jan 5, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1265 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugs.hylafax.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/18314
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18337
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18366
secunia.com / advisories/18489
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-933
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-03.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
hylafax.org / content/HylaFAX_4.2.4_release
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / archive/1/420974/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16151
ExploitPatch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0072