CVE-2005-0730

Exp

PY Software Active Webcam WebServer (webcam.exe) 5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a request to a file on the floppy drive, as demonstrated using A:\a.txt.

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-2005-0730 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.57%). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.59% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2005-0730

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0730

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 0.98% 2.57% +1.59%
2 2025-03-17 3.70% 0.98% -2.72%
3 2024-12-17 — 3.70% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0730

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:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0730

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0730

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
py_software active_webcam 5.5 cpe:2.3:a:py_software:active_webcam:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0730

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