CVE-2005-0105

Typespeed 0.4.1 - Local Format String

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Unknown vulnerability in typespeed 0.4.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges.

The Debian Security Audit Project discovered a problem in typespeed, a touch-typist trainer disguised as game. This could lead to a local attacker executing arbitrary code as group games.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-01-18 CVE Reserved
2005-02-16 CVE Published
2005-02-16 First Exploit
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25106	2005-02-16

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-684	2008-09-05

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Typespeed Search vendor "Typespeed"		Typespeed Search vendor "Typespeed" for product "Typespeed"				0.4.1 Search vendor "Typespeed" for product "Typespeed" and version "0.4.1"		-		Affected