CVE-2005-0944 describes an unknown vulnerability in the Microsoft Jet Database Engine (msjet40.dll) version 4.00.8618.0, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted MDB file due to insufficient data validation. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not on the KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, including reverse shell and buffer overflow exploits. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.8618.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:jet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
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.