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CVE-2005-0798

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0798 describes a vulnerability in Novell iChain Mini FTP Server version 2.3 and potentially earlier versions, where the server fails to limit the number of incorrect login attempts. This flaw enables remote attackers to perform brute-force login attacks, making it easier to gain unauthorized access. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common frameworks like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:ichain:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:ichain:2.2:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:ichain:2.2:sp1a:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:ichain:2.2:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:novell:ichain:2.2:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0175 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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/14607
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
support.novell.com / cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi
Vendor Advisory
infobyte.com.ar / adv/ISR-05.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 14648