HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2005-2305

Remote Control Server vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.9%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
DG Remote Control Server 1.6.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or CPU consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long message to TCP port 1071 or 1073, possibly due to a buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Dg
Affected product
Remote Control Server
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2005-07-19

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 4.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-2305

  • Confirm whether Dg Remote Control Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2305.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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