THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2005-2176
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2005-2176

Netmail vulnerability

CVSS
6.4
EPSS
3.5%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Novell NetMail automatically processes HTML in an attachment without prompting the user to save or open it, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct web-based attacks and steal cookies.
Affected vendor
Novell
Affected product
Netmail
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Published
2005-07-09

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.

Its EPSS score of 3.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-2176

  • Confirm whether Novell Netmail is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2176.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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