CVE-2005-2773

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-03-25. Federal remediation due 2022-04-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

74.09% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. 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.

Published

2005-09-02 04:00Z21 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-22 00:05Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2005-09-02

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')Class

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7d47e63a14678bfb789bfb7fd6ed72ac4273547a2b0d7e75fc2a7af817473bb0

• marc.info20050825 Portcullis Security Advisory 05-014 HP Openview Remote Commandhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112499121725662&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comhp-openview-node-manager-command-execution(21999)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21999vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.securityfocus.comHPSBMA01224http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9150vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
• www.securityfocus.com14662http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14662vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• secunia.com16555http://secunia.com/advisories/16555/third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2005-2773government-resource