CVE-2005-3321

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-10-27 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Novell Suse Linux: 10.0
Suse Linux: 9.0, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17290/
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_62_permissions.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20263
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22853
http://secunia.com/advisories/17290/
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_62_permissions.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20263
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15182
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22853

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