What is CVE-2005-3140?

CVE-2005-3140 is a high-severity vulnerability in Procom Netforce 800, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2005-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2005-3140?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Procom Netforce 800

CVE-2005-3140

Procom NetFORCE 800 4.02 M10 Build 20 and possibly other versions sends the NIS password map (passwd.nis) as a file attachment in diagnostic e-mail messages, which allows remote attackers to obtain the cleartext NIS password hashes.

EPSS: 0.019 (77.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Procom Netforce_800
Procom Netforce_800_firmware — versions 4.02
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Broken Link, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2005-3140?: CVE-2005-3140 is a high-severity vulnerability in Procom Netforce 800, classified under Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2005-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2005-3140?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.