CVE-2005-4216

Flash Media Server vulnerability

CVSS

7.8

EPSS

4.2%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

The Administration Service (FMSAdmin.exe) in Macromedia Flash Media Server 2.0 r1145 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed request with a single character to port 1111.

Affected vendor

Macromedia

Affected product

Flash Media Server

CVSS vector

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

Published

2005-12-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2005-4216

Confirm whether Macromedia Flash Media Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-4216.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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