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CVE-2005-2395

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2395 describes a vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox versions 1.0.4 and 1.0.5 where the browser fails to select the strongest available authentication scheme, potentially leading to credentials being transmitted in plaintext even when an encrypted channel is present. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with an attack vector over the network, low attack complexity, and a potential impact of partial confidentiality loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0238 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: firefox
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: firefox

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-2395Low

firefox: Does not choose the challenge with the strongest authentication scheme available as required by RFC2617

Jan 17, 2004

References

bugzilla.mozilla.org / show_bug.cgi
securityreason.com / securityalert/8
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22272
osvdb.org / 19002
securiteam.com / securitynews/5PP0L00GUQ.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/405666
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/14325