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CVE-2005-3538
hfaxd in HylaFAX 4.2.3, when PAM support is disabled, accepts arbitrary passwords, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.
High7.5EPSS 2.5%
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- debian
Description
hfaxd in HylaFAX 4.2.3, when PAM support is disabled, accepts arbitrary passwords, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- 18314 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18337 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.hylafax.org/content/HylaFAX_4.2.4_release (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200601-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- [hylafax-users] 20051212 Re: proceedure for hylafax setup for PAM authentiation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 18489 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060105 HylaFAX Security advisory - fixed in HylaFAX 4.2.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=719 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0072 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 16150 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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