CVE-2005-0418

Argument injection vulnerability in Java Web Start for J2SE 1.4.2 up to 1.4.2_06, on Mac OS X, allows untrusted applications to gain privileges via the value parameter of a property tag in a JNLP file. NOTE: it is highly likely that this item will be MERGED with CVE-2005-0836.

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-2005-0418 is rated Moderate Risk (55.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.45%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0418

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 0.47% 1.45% +0.99%
2 2025-03-30 0.67% 0.47% -0.21%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.67% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0418

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0418

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0418

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun j2se 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_01 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_01:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_02 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_02:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_03 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_03:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_04 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_04:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_05 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_05:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*
sun j2se 1.4.2_06 cpe:2.3:a:sun:j2se:1.4.2_06:*:sdk:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0418

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