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CVE-2005-1939 json

Directory traversal vulnerability in Ipswitch WhatsUp Small Business 2004 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot…

published 2005-12-31 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1941

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
63.6%
EPSS 63.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.2%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in Ipswitch WhatsUp Small Business 2004 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." (dot dot) sequences in a request to the Report service (TCP 8022).

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-26464)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

63.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.2% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-26464 IPSwitch WhatsUp Small Business 2004 Report Service - Directory Traversal remote, 2005-11-03
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/15500 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • cirt.dk http://cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-40-advisory.pdf referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15291 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1015141 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2005-14/advisory/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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