CVE-2005-4859 — mimicboard2 (Mimic2) 086 and earlier stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for mimic2.dat

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MEDIUM

mimicboard2 (Mimic2) 086 and earlier stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for mimic2.dat

Published Jul 6, 2007

6.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.35%

Description

mimicboard2 (Mimic2) 086 and earlier stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download a database via a direct request for mimic2.dat.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.35% 0.01349

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

EPSS probability 0.01349

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	1.35% (0.01349)	70.46th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.36% (0.01360)	68.01th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.44% (0.00444)	61.25th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.42% (0.00423)	75.08th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 10, 2024	0.36% (0.00363)	72.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.34% (0.00344)	70.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.32% (0.00315)	69.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.38% (0.00375)	68.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-013-mimic2.txt
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14779
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://exploitlabs.com/files/advisories/EXPL-A-2005-013-mimic2.txt		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14779		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 6, 2007

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Jul 6, 2007

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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