What is CVE-2005-0866?

CVE-2005-0866 is a vulnerability in Cdrtools Cdrecord. Published 2005-05-02.

Is CVE-2005-0866 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Cdrtools Cdrecord

CVE-2005-0866

cdrecord before 4:2.0, when DEBUG is enabled, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published 2005-05-02 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cdrtools Cdrecord

Public proof-of-concept exploits

hongdal/notes

References

usn.ubuntu.com/100-1/ (vendor-advisory)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-0866?: CVE-2005-0866 is a vulnerability in Cdrtools Cdrecord. Published 2005-05-02.
Is CVE-2005-0866 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.