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CVE-2005-2176
Novell NetMail automatically processes HTML in an attachment without prompting the user to save or open it, which makes it easier for…
Medium6.4EPSS 3.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Novell NetMail automatically processes HTML in an attachment without prompting the user to save or open it, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct web-based attacks and steal cookies.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- ADV-2005-0994 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 15962 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972340.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972433.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 14171 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1014439 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 17821 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2972438.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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