CVE-2005-4270 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.5% (pctl 93)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP 401 response with a WWW-Authenticate header containing a long Realm field.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 5.49% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-12-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| watchfire | appscan qa |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.x - Remote Code Execution | 2005-12-15 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18013
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/260
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015362
- http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Advisory_AppScanQA_RemoteCodeExec.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419586/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15873
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2933
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18013
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/260
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015362
- http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Advisory_AppScanQA_RemoteCodeExec.pdf
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419586/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15873
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2933
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