CVE-2005-1122
Format string vulnerability in cgi.c for Monkey daemon (monkeyd) before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP GET request containing double-encoded format string specifiers (aka…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Format string vulnerability in cgi.c for Monkey daemon (monkeyd) before 0.9.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP GET request containing double-encoded format string specifiers (aka "double expansion error").
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.69% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- monkey-project/monkey
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87916Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14953Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-14.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/15511Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=87916Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14953Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-14.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/15511Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.