What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-2188

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-07-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

McAfee IntruShield Security Management System obtains the user ID from the URL, which allows remote attackers to guess the Manager account and possibly gain privileges via a brute force attack.

Affected products

• McAfee Intrushield Security Management System: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112066594312876&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112076813804503&w=2
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014422
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112066594312876&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112076813804503&w=2
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014422

Get alerted when CVE-2005-2188 or the next vulnerability affects your stack