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CVE-2005-0788

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0788 describes a remote file read vulnerability in LimeWire versions 4.1.2 through 4.5.6, allowing attackers to access arbitrary files by specifying their full path within a Gnutella GET request. This low-complexity attack, requiring no authentication, could lead to unauthorized information disclosure (CVSS 5.0, C:P). While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, an ExploitDB proof-of-concept exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:limewire:limewire:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.5.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:limewire:limewire:4.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-879 · Mar 14, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0692 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 23,690 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/14555
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19693
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-37.xml
PatchVendor Advisory