CVE-2005-0379

Exp

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in ZeroBoard 4.1pl5 and earlier allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the _zb_path parameter to (1) _head.php or (2) outlogin.php, or the dir parameter to (3) write.php.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0379 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.76%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.45% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2005-0379

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0379

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 0.32% 1.76% +1.45%
2 2023-03-07 1.21% 0.32% -0.90%
3 2022-02-04 1.21%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0379

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-2005-0379

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0379

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
zeroboard zeroboard 4.1_pl2 cpe:2.3:a:zeroboard:zeroboard:4.1_pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zeroboard zeroboard 4.1_pl3 cpe:2.3:a:zeroboard:zeroboard:4.1_pl3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zeroboard zeroboard 4.1_pl4 cpe:2.3:a:zeroboard:zeroboard:4.1_pl4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
zeroboard zeroboard 4.1_pl5 cpe:2.3:a:zeroboard:zeroboard:4.1_pl5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0379

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