CVE-2005-2885

Exp

The Downloads page in MAXdev MD-Pro 1.0.73, and possibly earlier versions, uses an incomplete blacklist to check for dangerous file extensions, which could allow remote attackers to bypass file extension checks and execute arbitrary commands by uploading a file with a different extension, as demonstrated using .inc files.

Published: 2005-09-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-2885 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.7/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.56%, 93th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.29% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2885

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26225 exploit_db edb 2005-09-06 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2885

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 2025-08-15 7.27% 9.56% +2.29%
2 2025-03-30 9.62% 7.27% -2.34%
3 2025-03-29 9.62%

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2885

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-2005-2885

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2885

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
maxdev md-pro 1.0.73 cpe:2.3:a:maxdev:md-pro:1.0.73:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2885

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