CVE-2005-1706

Unknown vulnerability in MailScanner 4.41.3 and earlier, related to "incomplete reporting of viruses in zip files," allows remote attackers to bypass virus detection.

Published: 2005-05-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-1706 is rated Moderate Risk (55.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.44%). EPSS rose +1.12% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1706

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 0.31% 1.44% +1.12%
2 2025-03-17 0.69% 0.31% -0.38%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.69% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1706

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1706

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2005-1706

Solution: The vendor has released a fixed version (4.42.2)

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1706

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
mailscanner mailscanner <= 4.41.3 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.39.1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.39.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.39.4 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.39.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.39.6 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.39.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.40.1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.40.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.40.2 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.40.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.40.4 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.40.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.40.6 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.40.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.40.7 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.40.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.40.8 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.40.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.40.11 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.40.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.41.1 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.41.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mailscanner mailscanner 4.41.2 cpe:2.3:a:mailscanner:mailscanner:4.41.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1706

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