CVE-2005-3912

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Format string vulnerability in miniserv.pl Perl web server in Webmin before 1.250 and Usermin before 1.180, with syslog logging enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash or memory consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the username parameter to the login form, which is ultimately used in a syslog call. NOTE: the code execution might be associated with an issue in Perl.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Nov 30, 2005
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2005-3912: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix