CVE-2005-2852

Netware vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

40.3%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Unknown vulnerability in CIFS.NLM in Novell Netware 6.5 SP2 and SP3, 5.1, and 6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ABEND) via an incorrect password length, as exploited by the "worm.rbot.ccc" worm.

Affected vendor

Novell

Affected product

Netware

CVSS vector

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

Published

2005-09-08

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 availability.

Its EPSS score of 40.3% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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