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CVE-2005-3088

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3088 describes a vulnerability in fetchmailconf versions prior to 1.49, affecting fetchmail 6.2.0, 6.2.5, and 6.2.5.2. The flaw allows local users to read sensitive information, such as passwords, due to insecure world-readable permissions on generated configuration files. This is a low-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:6.2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
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
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 69th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-3088Low

security flaw

Oct 21, 2005

References

fetchmail.berlios.de / fetchmail-SA-2005-02.txt
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/17293
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17349
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17446
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17491
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17495
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17631
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/18895
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21253
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
usn.ubuntu.com / 215-1
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-900
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-06.xml
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 20267
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-823.html
securityfocus.com / bid/15179
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/19289
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2182
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3101