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CVE-2005-4557

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-4557 describes a local file inclusion vulnerability in IceWarp Web Mail 5.5.1, also affecting Merak Mail Server 8.3.0r and VisNetic Mail Server 8.3.0 build 1. Remote attackers can exploit this by injecting a null byte into the 'lang' parameter of dir/include.html, potentially allowing arbitrary local file access. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, primarily impacting confidentiality. While not on the KEV catalog and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, indicating a potential for exploitation.

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

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-26981 · Dec 27, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0948 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/17046
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17865
secunia.com / secunia_research/2005-62/advisory
ExploitVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/23897
osvdb.org / 22079
securityfocus.com / archive/1/420255/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/16069
Exploit