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CVE-2005-1490

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1490 describes a vulnerability in Merak Mail Server 8.0.3 with Icewarp Web Mail 5.4.2. When the mailbox.dat file is absent, an authenticated attacker can determine the existence of arbitrary files by manipulating the 'folder' parameter in attachment.html. This is a low-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1, requiring local access and no authentication (though the description states "remote authenticated users"). The potential impact is limited to information disclosure (file existence), with no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:icewarp:web_mail:5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:merak:mail_server:8.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0059 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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/15249
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/20472