CVE-2005-0488 describes a vulnerability in certain BSD-based Telnet clients, including those found in Solaris and SuSE Linux, where a malicious Telnet server can read sensitive environment variables. This occurs through the NEW-ENVIRON option using a SEND ENV_USERVAR command. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for remote information disclosure (C:P) with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no authentication required (Au:N). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1.2600.2180CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:telnet_client:5.1.2600.2180:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mit:kerberos_5:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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