CVE-2005-3042 describes an authentication bypass vulnerability in Webmin (versions prior to 1.230) and Usermin (versions prior to 1.160) when "full PAM conversations" is enabled. Attackers can exploit this by spoofing session IDs using specific metacharacters like line feed or carriage return. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a low attack complexity and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.150CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:usermin:usermin:1.150:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:webmin:webmin:1.2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.