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CVE-2005-1985

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-1985 describes a critical unchecked buffer vulnerability in the Client Service for NetWare (CSNW) across various Microsoft Windows operating systems, including Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP1/SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and earlier. This flaw allows remote, unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted network messages. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high FAUCET Risk Score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:sp4:*:fr:*:*:*:*
r2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sp1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2003_server:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp1:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_xp:*:sp2:tablet_pc:*:*:*:*:*

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
37.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3730 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 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

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-046
secunia.com / advisories/17165
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/21700
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1106
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1210
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1536
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1544
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A910
osvdb.org / 19922
securityfocus.com / bid/15066