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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-4270 · published 15 December 2005

CVE-2005-4270: Watchfire appscan qa vulnerability

Watchfire · Appscan Qa

Buffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP 401 response with a WWW-Authenticate header containing a long Realm field.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.5% · top 7.5%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
5.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
14References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in Watchfire AppScan QA 5.0.609 and 5.0.134 allows remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP 401 response with a WWW-Authenticate header containing a long Realm 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://secunia.com/advisories/18013
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/260
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015362
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Advisory_AppScanQA_RemoteCodeExec.pdf Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419586/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15873 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2933
http://secunia.com/advisories/18013
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/260
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015362
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/CYBSEC_Security_Advisory_AppScanQA_RemoteCodeExec.pdf Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/419586/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15873 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2933

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-4270), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.