CVE-2005-0486

Tarantella Secure Global Desktop Enterprise Edition 4.00 and 3.42, and Tarantella Enterprise 3 3.40 and 3.30, when using RSA SecurID and multiple users have the same username, reveals sensitive information during authentication, which allows remote attackers to identify valid usernames and the authentication scheme.

Published: 2005-03-30 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0486 is rated Moderate Risk (41.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.43%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0486

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 2026-01-14 0.52% 0.43% -0.09%
2 2025-03-30 0.58% 0.52% -0.06%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.58% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0486

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-2005-0486

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0486

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
tarantella secure_global_desktop enterprise_3.42 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:secure_global_desktop:enterprise_3.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tarantella secure_global_desktop enterprise_4.0 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:secure_global_desktop:enterprise_4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.30 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tarantella tarantella_enterprise 3.40 cpe:2.3:a:tarantella:tarantella_enterprise:3.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0486

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