01 Record
CVE-2005-3595
By default Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition installs with a blank password for the Administrator account, which allows remote attackers to gain control of the computer.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
By default Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition installs with a blank password for the Administrator account, which allows remote attackers to gain control of the computer.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 16.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-11-16 07:37Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-11-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b6f93c7b5942f97329091db4c6b7ae0b28928f2059b62de67c04769170f83fae
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- marc.info20051108 Re: Hidden accounts on sony vaio laptopshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113147602208113&w=2
- www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/getstarted/installqa.mspx
- www.securityfocus.com20040915 Vulnerability in IBM Windows XP: default hidden Administrator account allows local Administrator accesshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/375335
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comibm-winxp-default-admin(17412)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17412
- www.securityfocus.com11199http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11199/