CVE-2005-0768

Exp

Buffer overflow in the administration web server for GoodTech Telnet Server 4.0 and 5.0, and possibly all versions before 5.0.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string to port 2380.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-0768 is rated High Exploit Risk (88.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 75.36%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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-2005-0768

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16817 exploit_db edb 2010-05-09 Exploit-DB ↗
882 exploit_db edb 2005-03-15 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0768

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 2025-03-23 76.11% 75.36% -0.75%
2 2025-03-19 75.02% 76.11% +1.09%
3 2025-03-17 75.02%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0768

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0768

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0768

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
goodtech_systems goodtech_telnet_server 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:goodtech_systems:goodtech_telnet_server:4.0:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
goodtech_systems goodtech_telnet_server 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:goodtech_systems:goodtech_telnet_server:5.0:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0768

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