CVE-2005-1547

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in the demo version of Bakbone Netvault, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large packet to port 20031.

Published: 2005-05-14 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2005-1547 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.76%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-1547

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
990 exploit_db edb 2005-05-17 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-1547

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 2025-03-23 4.67% 4.76% +0.08%
2 2025-03-17 0.44% 4.67% +4.23%
3 2023-03-07 0.44%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-1547

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-1547

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-1547

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bakbone netvault 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:bakbone:netvault:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-1547

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