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CVE-2005-1365· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

Pico Server (pServ) 3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a URL with multiple leading "/" (slash) charac

Pico Server (pServ) 3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a URL with multiple leading "/" (slash) characters and ".." sequences.

CriticalCVSS 10.0 · v2.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded
Published
May 16, 2005
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
12.0% · 96th percentile
CWE
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Action score

44

Plan

Add it to your regular patch cycle.

CVSS
40 / 40 · 10.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
4 / 30 · 12.0%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
pico serverpico server

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • pico server pico server3.0
  • pico server pico server3.0_beta_3
  • pico server pico server3.1
  • pico server pico server3.2

Same product

pico server: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2005-1366Pico Server (pServ) 3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain the source code for CGI scripts via "dirname/../cgi-bin" in a URL.
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2002-2295Buffer overflow in Pico Server (pServ) 2.0 beta 1 through beta 5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly e
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2005-1952Directory traversal vulnerability in Pico Server (pServ) 3.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and execute arbitrary commands
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2005-1953Heap-based buffer overflow in the CGI extension for Pico Server (pServ) 3.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTT
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2005-1626Multiple buffer overflows in handlers.c for Pico Server (pServ) before 3.3 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2005-1367Pico Server (pServ) 3.2 and earlier allows local users to read arbitrary files as the pServ user via a symlink to a file outside of the web
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Exploit-DB entry ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entryremote2005-05-16

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. First PoCsame day
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+7808 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
C · data can be read
Integrity
C · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
C · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
C
Integrity impact
C
Availability impact
C

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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