CVE-2005-0227

PostgreSQL (pgsql) 7.4.x, 7.2.x, and other versions allows local users to load arbitrary shared libraries and execute code via the LOAD extension.

Published: 2005-05-02 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-0227 is rated Low Risk (31.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.50%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-0227

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.12% 0.50% +0.38%
2 2025-03-17 0.05% 0.12% +0.07%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-0227

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.1 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-0227

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-0227

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0227
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-0227 medium priority: Ubuntu including 5 source packages (postgresql, postgresql-7.4, postgresql-8.0, postgresql-8.1, postgresql-8.2), 20 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 7, DNE 6, needs-triage 5, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-0227

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-0227

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
postgresql postgresql >= 7.3.0, < 7.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql >= 7.4, < 7.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
postgresql postgresql >= 8.0, < 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-0227

URL Tags
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-announce/2005-02/msg00000.php Patch Vendor Advisory
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2005-01/msg00269.php Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110726899107148&w=2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/12948 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200502-08.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-668 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:040 Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_36_sudo.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-138.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-150.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12411 Broken Link
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2005/0003/ Patch Third Party Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10234 Broken Link
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