CVE-2005-0427 describes a vulnerability in the Gentoo Linux ebuild of Webmin prior to version 1.170-r3, where the encrypted root password was inadvertently included in the miniserv.users file during package creation. This allowed remote attackers to potentially obtain and crack the password. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability has a low severity, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, but only impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.140CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.140:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.150CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.150:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.160CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.160:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.170CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.170:r1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.170CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:webmin:1.170:r2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.