CVE-2005-2641

Pam Ldap vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.6%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

Unknown vulnerability in pam_ldap before 180 does not properly handle a new password policy control, which could allow attackers to gain privileges. NOTE: CVE-2005-2497 had also been assigned to this issue, but CVE-2005-2641 is the correct candidate.

Affected vendor

Padl Software

Affected product

Pam Ldap

CVSS vector

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

Published

2005-08-23

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 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

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