CVE-2005-1205

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 33.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-06-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Telnet client for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Services for UNIX allows remote attackers to read sensitive environment variables via the NEW-ENVIRON option with a SEND ENV_USERVAR command.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: enterprise, r2, standard, web

References

http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=260&type=vulnerabilities
http://secunia.com/advisories/15690/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014203
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800829
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13940
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2005/ms05-033
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1132
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A605
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A784
http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=260&type=vulnerabilities
http://secunia.com/advisories/15690/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014203

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