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CVE-2005-1086

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1086 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the cmdIS.DLL plugin of AN HTTPD Server version 1.42n, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This critical flaw can be triggered by sending a specially crafted HTTP request containing an excessively long User-Agent header. While the CVSS score is 6.4, indicating moderate severity, its FAUCET Risk Score of 89/100 highlights a significant potential impact, including partial integrity and availability compromise. Although no active exploitation or Metasploit modules are reported, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is available on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.42nCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:an:an-httpd:1.42n:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25364 · Apr 8, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0557 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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

secunia.com / advisories/14861
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/20029
osvdb.org / 15361
securityfocus.com / bid/13066
Exploit
security.org.sg / vuln/anhttpd142n.html
Vendor Advisory