CVE-2005-3321

mediumpriority · track · 18OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.40% (34th) EPSS
CVSS 4.6 · medium
Is it mine?
6 products
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Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

chkstat in SuSE Linux 9.0 through 10.0 allows local users to modify permissions of files by creating a hardlink to a file from a world-writable directory, which can cause the link count to drop to 1 when the file is deleted or replaced, which is then modified by chkstat to use weaker permissions.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.6

v2.04.6mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 6.4
v2.03.9lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-276USLLM-inferredCWE-284USLLM-inferred
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affected products (6)

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also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2005-10-27modified 2026-06-16
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references (10)

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