Vulnerability in Microsoft Telnet Client
CVE-2005-0488
Certain BSD-based Telnet clients, including those used on Solaris and SuSE Linux, allow remote malicious Telnet servers to read sensitive environment variables via the NEW-ENVIRON option with a SEND ENV_USERVAR command.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.171 (97.0th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.171 · newest: 0.171 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Telnet Client — versions 5.1.2600.2180
- Mit Kerberos 5 — versions 1.3.4
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.9
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-504.html (vendor-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13940 (vdb-entry)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/21253 (third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800829 (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-0488?
- CVE-2005-0488 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Telnet Client. Published 2005-06-14.
- Is CVE-2005-0488 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.