PY Software Active Webcam WebServer (webcam.exe) 5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a direct request to Filelist.html.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0731 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.88%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25207 | exploit_db | edb | 2005-03-10 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 5.88% | 6.88% | +1.01% |
| 2 | 2025-04-11 | 4.79% | 5.88% | +1.08% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 4.79% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| py_software | active_webcam | 5.5 | cpe:2.3:a:py_software:active_webcam:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-03/0216.html | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/14553 | Vendor Advisory |
| http://secway.org/advisory/ad20050104.txt | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19650 |