01 Record
CVE-2005-4448
FlatNuke 2.5.6 verifies authentication credentials based on an MD5 checksum of the admin name and the hashed password rather than the plaintext password, which allows attackers to gain privileges by
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
FlatNuke 2.5.6 verifies authentication credentials based on an MD5 checksum of the admin name and the hashed password rather than the plaintext password, which allows attackers to gain privileges by
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
- 2.81% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.3% 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
- 2005-12-21 11:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 23:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-12-21
- 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
- e62cbf31a82e7c90b612d8b2fc93d848bf0eb512b95885fa84a6a99211ea8265
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comflatnuke-multiple-obtain-information(22159)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22159
- cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/flatnuke/flatnuke/Changelog?rev=1.78&view=markup
- www.securityfocus.com15796http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15796
- www.securityfocus.com20051210 Flatnuke 2.5.6 privilege escalation / remote commands execution exploithttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419107
- securitytracker.com1015339http://securitytracker.com/id?1015339