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CVE-2005-0768

75
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0768 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the administration web server of GoodTech Telnet Server versions 4.0, 5.0, and potentially all versions prior to 5.0.7. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted, long string to port 2380. With a CVSS score of 10.0, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog or Hot List, public exploit code, including a Metasploit module, is readily available, indicating a high potential for exploitation despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:goodtech_systems:goodtech_telnet_server:4.0:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:goodtech_systems:goodtech_telnet_server:5.0:*:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
59.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: GoodTech Telnet Server Buffer Overflow · Mar 15, 2005
ExploitDB: EDB-16817 · May 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5953 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
unsecure.altervista.org / security/goodtechtelnet.htm
Exploit