CVE-2005-1850

Certain contributed scripts for ekg Gadu Gadu client 1.5 and earlier create temporary files insecurely, with unknown impact and attack vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-1916.

Published: 2005-07-19 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1850 is rated High Risk (65.9/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.51%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.06% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1850

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 0.45% 1.51% +1.06%
2 2025-03-30 0.77% 0.45% -0.32%
3 2025-03-29 0.77%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1850

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1850

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-1850

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-1850 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (ekg), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-1850

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1850

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ekg ekg 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.0_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.0_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.0_rc3 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.0_rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.1_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.1_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.1_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.1_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.5_rc1 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.5_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ekg ekg 1.5_rc2 cpe:2.3:a:ekg:ekg:1.5_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1850

cvelogic Threat Intelligence