CVE-2005-1086

Exp

Buffer overflow in the cmdIS.DLL plugin for AN HTTPD Server 1.42n allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long User-Agent header.

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-2005-1086 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.57%, 92th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2005-1086

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
25364 exploit_db edb 2005-04-08 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1086

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 7.16% 5.57% -1.60%
2 2025-03-30 6.02% 7.16% +1.14%
3 2025-03-29 — 6.02% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1086

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1086

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1086

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
an an-httpd 1.42n cpe:2.3:a:an:an-httpd:1.42n:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1086

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