CVE-2005-4371

Public Exploit

Description

Acidcat 2.1.13 and earlier stores the database under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a request to databases/acidcat.mdb.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.88% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory hamid.ir Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://hamid.ir/security/acidcat.txt	vendor advisory exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/18097	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/22491	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419905/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15933	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-4371?: CVE-2005-4371 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-4371?: To fix CVE-2005-4371, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-4371 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-4371 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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