CVE-2005-1122 describes a format string vulnerability in the cgi.c component of the Monkey daemon (monkeyd) prior to version 0.9.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code by sending an HTTP GET request containing double-encoded format string specifiers. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, with potential impacts on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:monkey-project:monkey:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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