CVE-2005-3434 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Archilles Newsworld before 1.5.0-rc1 stores (1) account.nwd and (2) session.nwd under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, hashed passwords, and session IDs, and gain privileges.

Published: 2005-11-02

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:archilles:newsworld::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:archilles:newsworld:1.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:archilles:newsworld:1.3.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3433	Archilles Newsworld before 1.5.0-rc1 stores (1) account.nwd and (2) session.nwd under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, hashed passwords, and session IDs, and gain privileges.

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 0.00874.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113018731120709&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17310/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22859
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22860

History

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Subscriptions

Archilles Newsworld

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-11-02T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:10:08.735Z

Reserved: 2005-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-3434

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-11-02T11:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-3434

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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