CVE-2005-0098

Exp

Multiple buffer overflows in the SDL port of abuse (abuse-SDL) before 2.00 allow local users to execute arbitrary code via the command line.

Published: 2005-03-08 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0098 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.58%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-0098

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0098

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.09% 0.58% +0.49%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.09% +0.05%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0098

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0098

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0098

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
abuse abuse-sdl <= 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:abuse:abuse-sdl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0098

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/14495 Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-691 Patch Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence