CVE-2005-0183 describes a critical vulnerability in the ftpfile component of the Vacation plugin (version 0.15 and earlier) for Squirrelmail, allowing local users to execute arbitrary commands through shell metacharacters. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability presents a high risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C) with low attack complexity and no authentication required (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, readily available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:vacation_plugin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.