{"cve":"CVE-2005-3321","nvd":{"published":"2005-10-27T10:02:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:16:43.417","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"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"],"products":["novell:suse_linux","suse:suse_linux"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:39:29.870204089+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2005-3321","score":0.00401,"percentile":0.34355,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}