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CVE-2005-2188
McAfee IntruShield Security Management System obtains the user ID from the URL, which allows remote attackers to guess the Manager account…
High7.5EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
McAfee IntruShield Security Management System obtains the user ID from the URL, which allows remote attackers to guess the Manager account and possibly gain privileges via a brute force attack.
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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% 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: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 20050706 Re: Re: McAfee Intrushield IPS Abuse (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1014422 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20050706 McAfee Intrushield IPS Abuse (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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