What is CVE-2005-1941?

CVE-2005-1941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Silvercity Project, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2005-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2005-1941?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Silvercity Project

CVE-2005-1941

SilverCity before 0.9.5-r1 installs (1) cgi-styler-form.py, (2) cgi-styler.py, and (3) source2html.py with read and write world permissions, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code.

Published 2005-06-08 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (25.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.0% 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

Silvercity Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-276 — Incorrect Default Permissions

References

securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-05.xml (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/15632 (Broken Link, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-1941?: CVE-2005-1941 is a high-severity vulnerability in Silvercity Project, classified under Incorrect Default Permissions. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2005-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2005-1941?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.