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CVE-2005-0488: microsoft telnet_client

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2005-0488
Published 14-06-2005Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-0488 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in microsoft telnet_client. EPSS estimates a 17.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
17.12%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2005:562

Timeline

  1. 14-06-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Certain BSD-based Telnet clients, including those used on Solaris and SuSE Linux, allow remote malicious Telnet servers to read sensitive environment variables via the NEW-ENVIRON option with a SEND ENV_USERVAR command.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

17.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 17.12% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
17.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • krb5< 1.8.3+dfsg-4
Microsoft1 product
Mit1 product
Sun1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

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