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CVE-2005-1090

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1090 describes a directory traversal vulnerability within the readFile and writeFile API of Maxthon versions 1.2.0 and 1.2.1. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read or write arbitrary files on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 6.4, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maxthon:maxthon:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:maxthon:maxthon:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0190 is in the 65th 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/14918
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/20033
osvdb.org / 15423
raffon.net / advisories/maxthon/multvulns.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/13074
Exploit