CVE-2005-3434

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Published Nov 2, 2005 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.5% KEV · Not listed

Description

Archilles Newsworld before 1.5.0-rc1 stores (1) account.nwd and (2) session.nwd under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, hashed passwords, and session IDs, and gain privileges.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:archilles:newsworld::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:archilles:newsworld:1.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:archilles:newsworld:1.3.2:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-3433	Archilles Newsworld before 1.5.0-rc1 stores (1) account.nwd and (2) session.nwd under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, hashed passwords, and session IDs, and gain privileges.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.5% (1.549% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113018731120709&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17310/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22859
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22860

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Archilles Newsworld

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:10 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 2, 2005, 11:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 11:10 PM
Reserved: Nov 2, 2005, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:16 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 2, 2005, 11:02 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:16 PM

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