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CVE-2005-0075

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0075 describes a code injection vulnerability in SquirrelMail versions prior to 1.4.4, specifically within the prefs.php file, when the register_globals PHP setting is enabled. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject local code through custom preference handlers. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) with a low attack complexity, requiring no authentication, and primarily impacting integrity (partial). While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploits (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:squirrelmail:squirrelmail:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
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
1.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0168 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: squirrelmail-0:1.4.3a-9.EL3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: squirrelmail-0:1.4.3a-9.EL4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0075Low

security flaw

Jan 22, 2005

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
Patch
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/13962
PatchVendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9587
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200501-39.xml
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-099.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-135.html
PatchVendor Advisory
squirrelmail.org / security/issue/2005-01-14
PatchVendor Advisory