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CVE-2005-2868

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2868 describes a vulnerability in ZipTorrent version 1.3.7.3 where sensitive information, including proxy server details and passwords, is stored in plaintext within the pref.txt file. This allows local attackers to easily access and compromise this data. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a low severity due to requiring local access (AV:L) and having a low attack complexity (AC:L), with the primary impact being confidentiality (C:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, but a proof-of-concept exploit (EDB-1174) exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ziptorrent:ziptorrent:1.3.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1174 · Aug 22, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0077 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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/16542
Vendor Advisory
spyinstructors.com / show.php
ExploitVendor AdvisoryURL Repurposed