VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2005-3321
CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.40%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-10-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
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.