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CVE-2005-1504

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2005-05-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

GameSpy SDK CD-Key Validation Toolkit, as used by many online games, allows remote attackers to bypass the CD key validation by sending a spoofed \disc\ command, which tells the server the CD key is no longer in use.

Affected products

• Gamespy Cd-Key Validation System: all versions

References

• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/gskeyinuse-adv.txt
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111539740212818&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15254/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20422
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/gskeyinuse-adv.txt
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111539740212818&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15254/
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/20422

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