CVE-2005-3005 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Helpdesk Software Hesk allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for (1) admin.php and (2) admin_main.php by modifying the PHPSESSID session ID parameter or cookie.

Published: 2005-09-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 8.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:helpdesk_software:hesk:0.92:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:helpdesk_software:hesk:0.93:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3005	Helpdesk Software Hesk allows remote attackers to bypass authentication for (1) admin.php and (2) admin_main.php by modifying the PHPSESSID session ID parameter or cookie.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08612.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112724743530521&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16859
http://www.phpjunkyard.com/extras/hesk_0931_patch.zip
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14879
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1792

History

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Subscriptions

Helpdesk Software Hesk

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-09-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:30.107Z

Reserved: 2005-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3005

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-09-21T20:03:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T22:16:04.250

Link: CVE-2005-3005

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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