LOW SEVERITY

CVE-2005-0190

Realone Player vulnerability

CVSS
2.6
EPSS
4.0%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Directory traversal vulnerability in RealPlayer 10.5 (6.0.12.1040) and earlier allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a Real Metadata Packages (RMP) file with a FILENAME tag containing .. (dot dot) sequences in a filename that ends with a ? (question mark) and an allowed file extension (e.g. .mp3), which bypasses the check for the file extension.
Affected vendor
Realnetworks
Affected product
Realone Player
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published
2004-09-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-0190

  • Confirm whether Realnetworks Realone Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-0190.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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