CVE-2005-1798

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in ServersCheck Monitoring Software 5.9.0 to 5.10.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in an HTTP request.

Published: 2005-05-29 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1798 is rated Exploit Available (50.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1798

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1798

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 2025-03-30 0.36% 0.24% -0.12%
2 2025-03-29 0.24% 0.36% +0.12%
3 2025-03-23 0.24%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1798

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:P/I:N/A:N 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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1798

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1798

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
serverscheck monitoring_software 5.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:serverscheck:monitoring_software:5.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
serverscheck monitoring_software 5.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:serverscheck:monitoring_software:5.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1798

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