CVE-2005-0976

Exp

AppleWebKit (WebCore and WebKit), as used in multiple products such as Safari 1.2 and OmniGroup OmniWeb 5.1, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the XMLHttpRequest Javascript component, as demonstrated using automatically mounted disk images and file:// URLs.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0976 is rated Exploit Available (54.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-0976

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0976

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 2025-03-19 0.34% 0.36% +0.02%
2 2025-03-17 0.39% 0.34% -0.05%
3 2024-02-08 — 0.39% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0976

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-2005-0976

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0976

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple safari 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hmdt shiira 0.93 cpe:2.3:a:hmdt:shiira:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
omnigroup omniweb 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:omnigroup:omniweb:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0976

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