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CVE-2005-0991

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0991 describes a vulnerability in the RC.BOOT script within IBM AIX versions 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3, where it insecurely handles temporary files. This flaw allows local users to potentially overwrite files, though the exact impact is unspecified. With a low CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N), it indicates a local attack with low complexity and a partial impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
N/AN/A
n/aCNA affected

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 45th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

www-1.ibm.com / support/search.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/search.wss
www-1.ibm.com / support/search.wss
securityfocus.com / bid/12992