CVE-2005-2956 — ATutor 1.5.1, and possibly earlier versions, stores temporary chat logs under the web document root with insufficient access control and predictable filenames, which allows remote attackers to obtain user chat conversations via direct requests to those files

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ATutor 1.5.1, and possibly earlier versions, stores temporary chat logs under the web document root with insufficient access control and predictable filenames, which allows remote attackers to obtain user chat conversations via direct requests to those files

Published Sep 16, 2005

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.87%

Description

ATutor 1.5.1, and possibly earlier versions, stores temporary chat logs under the web document root with insufficient access control and predictable filenames, which allows remote attackers to obtain user chat conversations via direct requests to those files.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.87% 0.02870

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

EPSS probability 0.02870

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.87% (0.02870)	86.31th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.87% (0.02870)	84.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
May 1, 2026	5.25% (0.05247)	90.02th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 30, 2025	3.57% (0.03573)	86.63th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	6.20% (0.06202)	84.36th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	3.35% (0.03346)	86.48th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	3.80% (0.03804)	91.74th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 12, 2024	2.13% (0.02133)	89.67th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.15% (0.02147)	87.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.19% (0.04187)	87.39th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	86.11th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.19% (0.04187)	69.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112671176100432&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://rgod.altervista.org/atutor151.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/9
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14832
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112671176100432&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://rgod.altervista.org/atutor151.html		x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/9		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14832		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 16, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Sep 16, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2956

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2956

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-2956