CVE-2005-4208

Exp

Directory traversal vulnerability in Flatnuke 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and null byte (%00) in the id parameter of the read module.

Published: 2005-12-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4208 is rated High Exploit Risk (73/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.33%, 94th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.17% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-4208

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1367 exploit_db edb 2005-12-10 Exploit-DB ↗
1140 exploit_db edb 2005-08-08 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4208

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 2.16% 8.33% +6.17%
2 2025-07-06 2.57% 2.16% -0.41%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.57% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4208

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-2005-4208

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4208

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
flatnuke flatnuke 2.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:flatnuke:flatnuke:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4208

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