What is CVE-2005-2852?

CVE-2005-2852 is a vulnerability in Novell Netware. Published 2005-09-08.

Is CVE-2005-2852 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Novell Netware

CVE-2005-2852

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.

Published 2005-09-08 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.403 (98.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.403 · newest: 0.403 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Novell Netware — versions 5.1, 6.0, 6.5

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-2852?: CVE-2005-2852 is a vulnerability in Novell Netware. Published 2005-09-08.
Is CVE-2005-2852 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.