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CVE-2005-1982

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1982 describes an unknown vulnerability in the PKINIT Protocol affecting Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, and Server 2003. This flaw allows a local attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack during smart card authentication between a client and a domain controller. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 3.6, indicating low severity, with potential for information disclosure and server spoofing (C:P/I:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
enterpriseCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:enterprise:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
standardCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:standard:*:64-bit:*:*:*:*:*
webCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.70%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0170 is in the 95th 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

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-042
secunia.com / advisories/16368
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100096
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100098
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100100
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100102
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100104
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100106
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/477341
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / bid/14520