What is CVE-2005-1880?

CVE-2005-1880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Everybuddy, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2005-06-06.

How severe is CVE-2005-1880?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Everybuddy

CVE-2005-1880

everybuddy 0.4.3 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file created by a system call to wget.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (37.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Everybuddy

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-June/034422.html (Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/13865 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Issue Tracking)
www.zataz.net/adviso/everybuddy-06062005.txt (Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-1880?: CVE-2005-1880 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Everybuddy, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2005-06-06.
How severe is CVE-2005-1880?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.