viewFile.php in the scm component of Gforge before 4.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the file_name parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1752 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.85%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.71% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25693 | exploit_db | edb | 2005-05-24 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-12-09 | 13.14% | 14.85% | +1.71% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 19.58% | 13.14% | -6.44% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 19.58% | — |
Full EPSS history (10 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
10.0 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2005-1752 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gforge), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, upstream): not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1752 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111695779919830&w=2 | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/13845 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13716 | Exploit Patch |