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CVE-2005-2956

Published: Sep 16, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.9%
Top 15.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
2 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

ATutor 1.5.1, and possibly earlier versions, stores temporary chat logs under the web document root with insufficient access control and predictable filenames, which allows remote attackers to obtain user chat conversations via direct requests to those files.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:PI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/an/a
atutoradaptive technology resource centre
On-prem
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
adaptive technology resource centreoss-projectWeb & CMS Pluginsaka atutor

Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/9
securityreason.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112671176100432&w=2
marc.info
http://rgod.altervista.org/atutor151.html
rgod.altervista.org
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Timeline

Published
Sep 16, 2005
Last Updated
Apr 16, 2026

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