HIGH
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)
Published Sep 22, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.13%
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).
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.13% 0.04127
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04127
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 2, 2026 | 4.13% (0.04127) | 90.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.13% (0.04127) | 89.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.20% (0.02204) | 83.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.80% (0.01795) | 88.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 12, 2024 | 2.51% (0.02507) | 89.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 13, 2023 | 2.53% (0.02533) | 88.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.51% (0.02507) | 88.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (14)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2005-09/0257.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatchVendor Advisory
- http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2340940493/index.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVN
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16858 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17282 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/17 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-17.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/83_e.html x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:176 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.osvdb.org/19575 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14889 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/1791 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.webmin.com/changes-1.230.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.webmin.com/uchanges-1.160.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 22, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 22, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3042
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a