01 Record
CVE-2005-2547
security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
security.c in hcid for BlueZ 2.16, 2.17, and 2.18 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the Bluetooth device name when invoking the PIN helper.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-08-12 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:30Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-08-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 096420ad07d7f42ac2f6537d08074449a9f2326f112042e3a7b8a08f2c8c4659
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/bluez/utils/hcid/security.c?r1=1.31&r2=1.34
- secunia.com16476http://secunia.com/advisories/16476
- www.debian.orgDSA-782http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-782
- bugs.gentoo.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101557
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200508-09http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200508-09.xml
- secunia.com16453http://secunia.com/advisories/16453
- www.securityfocus.com14572http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14572
- sourceforge.net[bluez-devel] 20050804 Possible security vulnerability in hcid when calling pin helperhttp://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7893206&forum_id=1881