CVE-2005-4371

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Acidcat 2.1.13 and earlier stores the database under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a request to databases/acidcat.mdb.

Published: 2005-12-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-4371 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.33%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.46% 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-2005-4371

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26874 exploit_db edb 2005-12-19 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-4371

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 2025-07-24 3.88% 5.33% +1.46%
2 2025-03-30 8.67% 3.88% -4.80%
3 2025-03-29 — 8.67% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-4371

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-2005-4371

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-4371

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
acidcat acidcat 2.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:acidcat:acidcat:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
acidcat acidcat 2.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:acidcat:acidcat:2.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
acidcat acidcat 2.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:acidcat:acidcat:2.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-4371

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