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CVE-2005-3179

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-3179 describes a vulnerability in Linux kernel versions 2.6.10 to 2.6.13 where the drm.c module creates a world-readable and world-writable debug file in sysfs. This flaw allows local users to enable DRM debugging, potentially leading to the disclosure of sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 2.1 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it is considered low severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity to achieve a partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.11.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.11.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
32.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0040 is in the 55th 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.gentoo.org / show_bug.cgi
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17114
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17280
Permissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
kernel.org / hg/linux-2.6
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / advisories/9549
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/15154
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry