CVE-2005-4270

N/A Unknown
Published: December 15, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

Buffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP 401 response with a WWW-Authenticate header containing a long Realm field.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18013
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/260
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015362
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Advisory_AppScanQA_RemoteCodeExec.pdf
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419586/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15873
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2933
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/18013
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/260
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015362
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Advisory_AppScanQA_RemoteCodeExec.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419586/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15873
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2933
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
3.4%
87th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

watchfire