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CVE-2005-3538

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

hfaxd in HylaFAX 4.2.3, when PAM support is disabled, accepts arbitrary passwords, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Ifax Solutions Hylafax: 4.2.3

References

• http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=719
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18314
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18337
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18489
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-03.xml
• http://www.hylafax.org/archive/2005-12/msg00119.php
• http://www.hylafax.org/content/HylaFAX_4.2.4_release
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:015
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420974/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16150
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0072
• http://bugs.hylafax.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=719

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