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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2005-3631 json

udev does not properly set permissions on certain files in /dev/input, which allows local users to obtain sensitive data that is entered at…

published 2005-12-22 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-3628

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

udev does not properly set permissions on certain files in /dev/input, which allows local users to obtain sensitive data that is entered at the console, such as user passwords.

Patch / fix

  • udev RHEL 4 039-10.10.EL4.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:864

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-3631 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 udev 039-10.10.EL4.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 udev 039-10.10.EL4.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 udev 039-10.10.EL4.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 udev 039-10.10.EL4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:864

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Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.