Is CVE-2005-0488 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-0488 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-0488?

CVE-2005-0488 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-0488?

CVE-2005-0488 has an EPSS score of 16.81% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-0488

MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Certain BSD-based Telnet clients, including those used on Solaris and SuSE Linux, allow remote malicious Telnet servers to read sensitive environment variables via the NEW-ENVIRON option with a SEND ENV_USERVAR command.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

16.81%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=260&type=vulnerabilities
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014203
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800829
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-504.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13940
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11373
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1139

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.