CVE-2005-4208 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.1% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Flatnuke 2.5.6 allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) and null byte (%00) in the id parameter of the read module.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 8.11% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-12-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| flatnuke | flatnuke |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Flatnuke 2.5.6 - Privilege Escalation / Remote Command Execution | 2005-12-10 |
| exploit-db | Flatnuke 2.5.5 - Remote Code Execution | 2005-08-08 |
References
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