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CVE-2005-4556

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4556 describes a remote file inclusion vulnerability in IceWarp Web Mail 5.5.1 and related products like Merak and VisNetic Mail Servers. When PHP's register_globals is enabled, attackers can inject arbitrary local or remote PHP files via URL parameters in specific include.php files within the accounts and admin directories. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with network-based attacks, low complexity, and potential for full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.3.0_build1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:deerfield:visnetic_mail_server:8.3.0_build1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:web_mail:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.3.0rCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:merak:mail_server:8.3.0r:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26980 · Dec 27, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1037 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/17046
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17865
secunia.com / secunia_research/2005-62/advisory
ExploitVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
osvdb.org / 22077
osvdb.org / 22078
securityfocus.com / archive/1/420255/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16069
Exploit