CVE-2005-2081

Asterisk vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

4.3%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

Stack-based buffer overflow in the function that parses commands in Asterisk 1.0.7, when the 'write = command' option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a command that has two double quotes followed by a tab character.

Affected vendor

Digium

Affected product

Asterisk

CVSS vector

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

Published

2005-07-05

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 integrity.

Its EPSS score of 4.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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