CVE-2005-2008

Yaws Webserver 1.55 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for yaws scripts via a request to a yaw script with a trailing %00 (null).

Published: 2005-06-17 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2008 is rated Moderate Risk (41.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.46%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2008

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 2025-03-17 0.35% 0.46% +0.11%
2 2024-12-17 0.50% 0.35% -0.15%
3 2024-05-27 — 0.50% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2008

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-2005-2008

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2008

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2005-2008 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (yaws), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2008

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2008

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yaws webserver 1.50 cpe:2.3:a:yaws:webserver:1.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yaws webserver 1.51 cpe:2.3:a:yaws:webserver:1.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yaws webserver 1.52 cpe:2.3:a:yaws:webserver:1.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yaws webserver 1.53 cpe:2.3:a:yaws:webserver:1.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yaws webserver 1.54 cpe:2.3:a:yaws:webserver:1.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
yaws webserver 1.55 cpe:2.3:a:yaws:webserver:1.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2008

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