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CVE-2005-3069

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3069 describes a local file overwrite vulnerability in HylaFax 4.2.1 and earlier, specifically within the xferfaxstats utility. An attacker could exploit this by using a symlink attack on the xferfax$$ temporary file, potentially overwriting arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact limited to partial integrity loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known exploit intelligence (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
30.9%
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 47th 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

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/16906
secunia.com / advisories/17022
secunia.com / advisories/17107
secunia.com / advisories/17187
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-865
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-21.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/14907