CVE-2005-3293

Xerver vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

3.5%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

Xerver 4.17 allows remote attackers to (1) obtain source code of scripts via a request with a trailing "." (dot) or (2) list directory contents via a trailing null character.

Affected vendor

Xerver

Affected product

Xerver

CVSS vector

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

Published

2005-10-23

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.

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.

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Confirm whether Xerver Xerver is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-3293.
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