CVE-2005-1013

Exp

The SMTP service in MailEnable Enterprise 1.04 and earlier and Professional 1.54 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via an EHLO command with a Unicode string.

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-2005-1013 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 27.16%, 96th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +17.45% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1013

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
916 exploit_db edb 2005-04-05 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1013

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 2025-06-04 9.71% 27.16% +17.45%
2 2025-03-30 10.69% 9.71% -0.98%
3 2025-03-29 — 10.69% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1013

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-2005-1013

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1013

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mailenable mailenable_enterprise 1.00 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_enterprise 1.01 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_enterprise 1.02 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_enterprise 1.03 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_enterprise 1.04 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_enterprise:1.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.51 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.52 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.53 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailenable mailenable_professional 1.54 cpe:2.3:a:mailenable:mailenable_professional:1.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1013

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