CVE-2005-0731

PY Software Active Webcam WebServer 5.5 - Denial of Service via Filelist.html Request

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2005-0731. PoCs published by Sowhat.

AI-analyzed exploit summary The provided text describes multiple vulnerabilities in Active Webcam webserver, including denial of service (DoS) via specific file requests, installation path disclosure, and information disclosure through error messages. It lists example URLs to trigger these issues but does not include executable exploit code.

Description

PY Software Active Webcam WebServer (webcam.exe) 5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a direct request to Filelist.html.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED

by Sowhat · textremotewindows

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25207

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The provided text describes multiple vulnerabilities in Active Webcam webserver, including denial of service (DoS) via specific file requests, installation path disclosure, and information disclosure through error messages. It lists example URLs to trigger these issues but does not include executable exploit code.

Classification

Writeup 90%

Attack Type

Dos | Info Leak

Complexity

Trivial

Reliability

Theoretical

Target: Active Webcam webserver

No auth needed

Prerequisites: Network access to the target webserver

MITRE ATT&CK

T1499 - Endpoint Denial of Service T1592 - Gather Victim Host Information

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://secway.org/advisory/ad20050104.txt

Exploit, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-03/0216.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19650

Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/14553

Scores

EPSS 0.0688

EPSS Percentile 93.2%

Details

Status published

Products (1)

py_software/active_webcam 5.5

Published Mar 10, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026