CVE-2005-0944

Jet vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

34.0%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Unknown vulnerability in Microsoft Jet DB engine (msjet40.dll) 4.00.8618.0, related to insufficient data validation, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted mdb file.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Jet

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2005-05-02

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 34.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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