CVE-2005-0278

Exp

The FTP service in 3Com 3CDaemon 2.0 revision 10 allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information via a cd command that contains an MS-DOS device name, which reveals the installation path in an error message.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0278 is rated Exploit Available (56.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-0278

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0278

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 2025-03-19 0.43% 0.46% +0.03%
2 2025-03-17 0.97% 0.43% -0.53%
3 2024-12-17 — 0.97% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0278

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0278

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0278

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
3com 3cdaemon 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:3com:3cdaemon:2.0:revision_10:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0278

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