CVE-2005-1733 — Cookie Cart stores the password file under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain usernames and encrypted passwords via a direct request to passwd.txt

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Cookie Cart stores the password file under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain usernames and encrypted passwords via a direct request to passwd.txt

Published May 24, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.53%

Description

Cookie Cart stores the password file under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain usernames and encrypted passwords via a direct request to passwd.txt.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.53% 0.01531

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

EPSS probability 0.01531

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.53% (0.01531)	73.83th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.53% (0.01531)	71.41th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.38% (0.00383)	57.56th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	1.95% (0.01950)	88.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.48% (0.00484)	75.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.48% (0.00484)	72.23th	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=111686721022831&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014026
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
http://www.soulblack.com.ar/repo/papers/cookiec_advisory.txt
x_refsource_MISCExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111686721022831&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014026		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKExploit
http://www.soulblack.com.ar/repo/papers/cookiec_advisory.txt		x_refsource_MISCExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published May 24, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved May 24, 2005

Link CVE-2005-1733

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-1733

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-1733