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A vulnerability has been found in PY Active Webcam 5.5 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file webcam.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

PY Software Active Webcam WebServer (webcam.exe) 5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a direct request to Filelist.html.

The weakness was published 03/10/2005 by Sowhat (Website). The advisory is available at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2005-0731 since 03/12/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 17320 (Active WebCam Webserver <= 5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (DoS, Path Disc)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19650) and Tenable (17320). Similar entries are available at 24596, 24595, 24594 and 24593.

Productinfo

Vendor

• PY

Name

• Active Webcam

Version

• 5.5

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 17320
Nessus Name: Active WebCam Webserver <= 5.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (DoS, Path Disc)
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Nessus Risk: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/10/2005 🔍
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03/10/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2005 +2 days 🔍
03/10/2015 +3650 days 🔍
07/01/2021 +2305 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Sowhat
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-0731 (🔍)
X-Force: 19650 - Active WebCam filelist.html denial of service
SecurityFocus: 12778 - PY Software Active Webcam Webserver Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 14553 - Active Webcam Denial of Service and Local File Detection, Moderately Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2015 15:27
Updated: 07/01/2021 14:20
Changes: 03/10/2015 15:27 (54), 07/21/2017 10:29 (9), 07/01/2021 14:20 (3)
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