CVE-2005-1491

Merak Mail Server 8.0.3 with Icewarp Web Mail 5.4.2 allows remote authenticated users to (1) move their home directory via viewaction.html or (2) move arbitrary files via the importfile parameter to importaction.html.

Published: 2005-05-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1491 is rated Low Risk (36.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1491

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 0.34% 0.36% +0.02%
2 2025-03-17 0.21% 0.34% +0.12%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.21% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1491

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1491

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1491

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
icewarp web_mail 5.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:web_mail:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
merak mail_server 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:merak:mail_server:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1491

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