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CVE-2005-3042
miniserv.pl in Webmin before 1.230 and Usermin before 1.160, when "full PAM conversations" is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass…
High7.5EPSS 4.1%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
miniserv.pl in Webmin before 1.230 and Usermin before 1.160, when "full PAM conversations" is enabled, allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by spoofing session IDs via certain metacharacters (line feed or carriage return).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- 16858 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17282 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200509-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 19575 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 17 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 14889 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2005-1791 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/83_e.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2005:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20050921 [SNS Advisory No.83] Webmin/Usermin PAM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.230.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- JVN#40940493 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.160.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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