CVE-2005-0427

The ebuild of Webmin before 1.170-r3 on Gentoo Linux includes the encrypted root password in the miniserv.users file when building a tbz2 of the webmin package, which allows remote attackers to obtain and possibly crack the encrypted password.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0427 is rated Moderate Risk (49.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.20%). EPSS rose +1.87% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0427

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 0.33% 2.20% +1.87%
2 2025-03-30 0.37% 0.33% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.37% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0427

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-2005-0427

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0427

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2005-0427: 1 GLSA(s) (200502-12), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/webmin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-0427
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0427 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (webmin), 1 status rows across 1 suites (upstream): needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0427

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0427

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gentoo webmin 1.140 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.140:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo webmin 1.150 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.150:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo webmin 1.160 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.160:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo webmin 1.170 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.170:r1:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo webmin 1.170 cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.170:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0427

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