CVE-2005-1025 — The FTP server in AS/400 4.3, when running in IFS mode, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack using RCMD and the ADDLNK utility, as demonstrated using the QSYS.LIB library

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The FTP server in AS/400 4.3, when running in IFS mode, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack using RCMD and the ADDLNK utility, as demonstrated using the QSYS.LIB library

Published Apr 9, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.34%

Description

The FTP server in AS/400 4.3, when running in IFS mode, allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack using RCMD and the ADDLNK utility, as demonstrated using the QSYS.LIB library.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.34% 0.02336

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02336

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.34% (0.02336)	82.96th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.32% (0.02316)	81.14th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.39% (0.00390)	58.00th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.23% (0.00229)	61.99th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 16, 2024	0.23% (0.00229)	60.30th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.33% (0.00332)	70.33th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.33% (0.00332)	66.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111264136829017&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.osvdb.org/15300
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.venera.com/downloads/AS400_user_accounts_ftp_disclosure.pdf
x_refsource_MISCExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111264136829017&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.osvdb.org/15300		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.venera.com/downloads/AS400_user_accounts_ftp_disclosure.pdf		x_refsource_MISCExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 9, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Apr 10, 2005

Link CVE-2005-1025

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-1025

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-1025