CVE-2005-2126

Ie vulnerability

CVSS

2.6

EPSS

14.3%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

The FTP client in Windows XP SP1 and Server 2003, and Internet Explorer 6 SP1 on Windows 2000 SP4, when "Enable Folder View for FTP Sites" is enabled and the user manually initiates a file transfer, allows user-assisted, remote FTP servers to overwrite files in arbitrary locations via crafted filenames.

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

CVSS vector

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

Published

2005-10-21

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 14.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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