CVE-2005-3538: Ifax Solutions Hylafax

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

hfaxd in HylaFAX 4.2.3, when PAM support is disabled, accepts arbitrary passwords, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Ifax Solutions Hylafax: version 4.2.3 only

Published 2005-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.