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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2777 · published 2 September 2005

CVE-2005-2777: Looking glass vulnerability

Looking Glass · Looking Glass

Looking Glass 20040427 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the DNS lookup query field.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 12% · top 4.0%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
12%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Looking Glass 20040427 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the DNS lookup query field.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://de-neef.net/articles.php?id=2&page=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112516327607001&w=2
http://rgod.altervista.org/lookingglass.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/16607/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14682 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22045
http://de-neef.net/articles.php?id=2&page=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112516327607001&w=2
http://rgod.altervista.org/lookingglass.html Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/16607/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14682 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22045

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

4.3CVE-2005-2776Looking glass vulnerabilityMultiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Looking Glass 20040427 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the (…EPSS 1.4%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2777), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.