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.
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.
| 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 ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| 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:*:*:*:*:* |