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.

Published 2005-10-05 · last modified 2026-06-16.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Procom Netforce 800
Procom Netforce 800 Firmware — versions 4.02

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-319 — Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/14997 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
marc.info/ (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/17033/ (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.